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Tag: Bodhisattva

Always Halfway
All About Love

We Are Always Halfway

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 Vanessa Able

BY DICK VERSTEGEN Being halfway is not discouraging, but liberating. It is the resting place of constant alertness.

Tagged attention, Bodhisattva, buddha nature, delusion, dharma, halfway, illusion, liberation, ocean, refuge, SufferingLeave a comment
Poetry

Laura Fargas – Kuan Yin

December 18, 2023December 18, 2023 Vanessa Able

This ode to the Bodhisattva of Compassion casts her as a person in the world, who could be one or many.

Tagged Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva, Buddhism, Compassion, kuan yin, ZenLeave a comment
Ayya Khema
Book Bits

Giving Away More Than We Keep – Ayya Khema on Cultivating Generosity

January 7, 2022January 8, 2022 Vanessa Able

Buddhist teacher Ayya Khema on the highest level of generosity: dedicating one's own life to the service of others.

Tagged Bodhisattva, generosity, giving, paramis, perfections, sacrifice, serviceLeave a comment
Santideva
Book Bits, The Masters

Focusing the Mind: Santideva’s Verses on Meditation and Relationship

June 7, 2021June 12, 2021 Vanessa Able

Santideva talks about the practice of meditation as a means to reveal Awakening Mind, here particularly focusing on the discipline and skill of relationship.

Tagged Advice, ancient texts, Bodhisattva, calming, concentration, indian buddhism, madhyamika, Meditation, Nagarjuna, santideva, teachingLeave a comment

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- BOOK BITS -

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- POETRY-

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