Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (READERS NOTE THAT THIS IS REPOSTED FROM A POST I MADE IN 2010 on my previous website) Two days ago I witnessed my second ever traveling exhibit of Buddhist relics.The first time was eight months ago when the Maitreya Project exhibit was displayed at the Masonic Temple in my town. Mostly, it consisted … Continue reading Visiting Buddhist Relics
Tag: peace
An Hour of Peaceful Music
This music is about as restful and relaxing as you will ever hear: Peaceful Gregorian Chants - Illumination. By Solitudes. Click here to go to youtube. For other Gregorian Chants, I recommend: Gregorian Chant Monk of the Abbey of Notre Dame. Click here to go to youtube.
I Would Like to Start a Prayer Group
Would you like to join me? All it would take is 10 minutes of your time every Sunday. I would send out one email per week to each member of the group about the focus for the coming Sunday. Anyone in the group could submit a personal request each week as well. Every time there … Continue reading I Would Like to Start a Prayer Group
Try Prayerful Sound Meditation Time
I recently started listening to this sound therapy recording (below) while resting and ready to fall asleep. I'm finding it to be very pleasant and clearing and cleansing. I use it for "prayer time". I tend to spend way too much time listening to talk-chatter, so discovering this feels therapeutic. For me, I feel a … Continue reading Try Prayerful Sound Meditation Time
The Metta Sutra
This is what should be done by one who is skilled in goodness and who knows the path of peace: Let them be able and upright, straightforward and gentle in speech, humble and not conceited, contented and easily satisfied, unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways. Peaceful and calm, and wise and skillful, not … Continue reading The Metta Sutra
Compassion is a Decision We Make Each Day
In this Stanford sponsored series on compassion on youtube, this interview by Indian spiritual teacher, Amma, teaches us Eastern thought about compassion and helping each other contrasted to the nuclear family and isolation in the Western world. Amma says compassion is a decision you make each day to do something for someone else. It is … Continue reading Compassion is a Decision We Make Each Day
Peace and Harmony
She who is centered in the Taocan go where she wishes, without danger.She perceives the universal harmony,even amid great pain,because she has found peace in her heart.From Vs. 35 Tao te Ching (translation by Stephen Mitchell)
One Seeker's Story 