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DailyOm – Full Release

January 25, 2011
Full Release

Water Meditation

Meditating with water can be a powerful way of aligning ourselves with an element that sustains us.

Our bodies are over fifty percent water, so it makes sense that human beings ha

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Planting Dhamma Seeds: The Emergence of Buddhism in Africa

Bhante Bikkhu Buddharakkhita is the first African Buddhist monk on the continent. He is the founder of the Ugandan Buddhist Centre in Entebbe, Uganda. This is the first Buddhist Centre founded by an African.

Planting Dhamma Seeds: The Emergence of

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Great Disciples of the Lord Buddha: Sariputta, Pre-Eminent in Profound Wisdom

Sariputra's Youth

Sariputra was born in a village in Magadha at southern India. His father was a noted Brahmin scholar. When his mother conceived him, she had extraordinary wisdom, which was believed to be influenced by the baby in her womb. E

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DailyOm – The World And In Ourselves + Graceful Guidance + Guilty Pleasures + Making The Decision + Feeling Our Life + Finding Our Own Paths

DailyOm – The World And In Ourselves

January 17, 2011
The World And In Ourselves

Feeling Fed Up With Humanity

We are all capable of the best and the worst that humanity has to offer, and remembering this keeps us in check.

From time to time, we may

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Here is the fourth episode of Alan Watts' 1959 KQED television series, Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life.

To find out how you can purchase the entire Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life series on DVD, please visit: http://alanwatts.com/collections

A native of England, Alan Watts attended the King's School near Canterbury Cathedral, and at the age of fourteen he

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Zen Hermits are Fine Forest Friends

Zen Hermits are Fine Forest Friends...

Extracts from the award winning film: "Amongst White Clouds" by Edward A. Burger about Zen Buddhist hermit monks living in remote hermitages in China's Zhongnan Mountains. Some fine pearls: "Put all your mind i

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Why Meditate?

Why Meditate?

What is Meditation?

Meditation is a practice that makes it possible to cultivate and develop certain basic positive human qualities in the same way as other forms of training make it possible to play a musical instrument or acquire a

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What causes this possessive Clinging to what is Painful?

Friends:
What causes this possessive Clinging to what is Painful?

At Savatthi, while seated, Venerable Rādha asked the Blessed Buddha:

Venerable Sir, one says: "A Being!" In what way, Sir, is one a being?

When one is stuck, Rādha, tightly stuck, i

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two sons of an old man

two sons of an old man:

once upon a time
there was an old man
and his two sons.

the older son
was very strong minded and was also hard headed
and had a very logical scienticfic mind.
he believed in:
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

He had no faith, and

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How is Release by Infinite Pity Achieved?

Friends:
How is Release by Infinite Pity Achieved?

The Blessed Buddha once said:

And how, Bhikkhus, is the mental release by universal pity achieved?

What does this liberation have as its destination, what is its culmination, what is its sweet fru

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An Unconstructed and Unchanging State!

Friends:

An Unconstructed and Unchanging State!
At Savatthi the Blessed Buddha once said to his monks:
I will teach you the Unconstructed, Unconditioned & Uncreated State, & the way leading to this unconstructed, unconditioned & uncreated state...
Li

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An Outline of the Buddha’s Teachings

And Theravada Buddhism’s Basic Concepts

Pali in bold: Dhamma; Sanskrit in italics: Dharma

I. The Four Noble Truths, Ariya Sacca, Arya Satya

1. The most pressing fact of existence, in a word: Dukkha, Duhka, su

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Dangerous are the Temptations of Samsara!

Friends:
Dangerous are the Temptations of Samsara!

One intent on rescuing himself from the mud of samsara cannot fulfill his
ideal if he relaxes energy! How much less one who aspires to rescue this
entire world? Such one should reflect: "It is

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Feel Pity for all those Falling

Friends:

Feel Pity for all those Falling:
It is a great pity with all those thinking like this:
Pleasure is the only good; by that they fall!
Terror is a necessary way; by that they fall!
Sensuality is innocent; by that they fall!
Violence is allowab

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METTA SUTTA

- The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness
This is what should be done
By us, who are disciples of the Buddha,
Who are skilled in goodness,
And who know the path of peace:
Let us be able and upright,
Straightforward and gentle in speech.
H

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Power of Play: Never Too Old to Play

CARMEL VALLEY, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Kids, spouse, house, the economy … it's no wonder we all feel overwhelmed! While free time may feel like a trivial pursuit, researchers say we all need to add time to

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Keep this painting in your room and it can help clear away negative vibrations

Keep this painting in your room and it can help clear away negative vibrations

Buddhist Monks Energy Clearing Painting Giclee Print Zoom

Unleash the power of energy clearing, spiritual transcendence and astral projection.

About

This exquisite p

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1.Dana – Giving

1.Dana – Giving

"Without abandoning these five qualities, one is incapable of entering & remaining in the first jhana... second jhana... the third jhana... the fourth jhana; incapable of realizing the fruit of stream-entry... the fruit of once-return

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DailyOm – Repressing The Inner Voice + Acceptance As Giving + Beyond Behavior + Too Many Things + Remembering To Pause + Creating A Harmonious Home + Removing Obstructions + A New Level Of Mastery

DailyOm – Repressing The Inner Voice
January 5, 2011

Repressing The Inner Voice

Giving Away Power

Giving away our power is something we have been taught since childhood by unaware adults in our lives.

In many ways, we are taught from the time we ar

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Why I Laugh - the Dalai Lama

Why I Laugh

Oct 24, 2010 10:16 AM EDT

In an excerpt from his new book, My Spiritual Journey, The Dalai Lama shares his belief in the surprising power of laughter and smiles to reach other people, even our enemies.

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DailyOm – Full Release + Circling the Wagons + Dodging And Deflecting + Temporarily Out Of Balance + Gathering Intelligence + Taking Another Look + Spiritual Being--Physical Experience + Poetry in Mot

Planting Dhamma Seeds: The Emergence of Buddhism in Africa

Great Disciples of the Lord Buddha: Sariputta, Pre-Eminent in Profound Wisdom

DailyOm – The World And In Ourselves + Graceful Guidance + Guilty Pleasures + Making The Decision + Feeling Our Life + Finding Our Own Paths

Here is the fourth episode of Alan Watts' 1959 KQED television series, Eastern Wisdom & Modern Life.

Zen Hermits are Fine Forest Friends

Why Meditate?

What causes this possessive Clinging to what is Painful?

two sons of an old man

How is Release by Infinite Pity Achieved?

An Unconstructed and Unchanging State!

An Outline of the Buddha’s Teachings

Dangerous are the Temptations of Samsara!

Feel Pity for all those Falling

METTA SUTTA

Power of Play: Never Too Old to Play

Keep this painting in your room and it can help clear away negative vibrations

1.Dana – Giving

DailyOm – Repressing The Inner Voice + Acceptance As Giving + Beyond Behavior + Too Many Things + Remembering To Pause + Creating A Harmonious Home + Removing Obstructions + A New Level Of Mastery

Why I Laugh - the Dalai Lama

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