Dreaming I am not sure if you can remember back to your childhood or to high school and recall what your dreams or aspirations were. I know that I can not. Some of my oldest memories of hopes and dreams are from the time both shortly before and after I became Buddhist. “I never dreamed of having this store of treasures myself. It has come to me unexpectedly.” (Lotus Sutra, Chapter IV)
Plugging In With so much electronic equipment that we are dependent upon being plugged in is not just a luxury, for some it is a necessity. Even the equipment that runs on batteries eventually needs to be recharged by plugging into electric current. We even use the phrase to describe how connected we are to various parts of the world surrounding us; we are plugged into social networks, plugged into our email, everywhere we are…
Community, It’s Not About You In Buddhism, as I am sure you all know quite well, we have the Three Jewels. These three Jewels are the treasure in Buddhism and in our Buddhist lives. Buddha, Dharma, Sangha are these three jewels, without which there could be no Buddhism and without which our Buddhist practice becomes at best difficult.
Continued Unrelenting Effort Every once in a while it is nice to have a relaxing day with nothing to do, no schedule, no alarms, no meeting, just nothing but lounging around reading or watching movies or snacking and napping. For some people those moments never really arrive, it is as if they are a mirage on the shimmering horizon. For others, even when they arrive they aren’t what they imagined they were or they are…
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