Tag: Avijja

Where are you at in your life?

Today I am trying to be more aware of my own circumstances, but also more connected to others situations. Easily we all tend to get caught up in our own lives and personal drama. Whether big or small, it’s all…

No Birthday for you!

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My youngest Daughter has been inviting friends to her upcoming Birthday party for the past several weeks. But one of her dearest friends recently told her that she cannot attend because it is against her religion. And I must admit,…

Standards and practices

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What kind of standards do we hold one another up to? With a huge part of our practice being about acceptance and patience, one would think that we should have no standards with which we hold others accountable. But let’s…

Am I the next Tony Robbins?

Or perhaps the next incarnation of Osho Tony Robbins is a motivational speaker and life coach. Like so many others today, being a spiritual leader, teacher or guru, seems to be the fad. And one that certainly seems to have…

The Glorious Sutta

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Excerpt from the Maha Mangala Sutta – The Glorious Sutta (translation and Commentary by Dr. R.L. Soni revised by Bhikkhu Khantipalo) In life, one is plagued by desires; in Nibbana, all desires are extinguished and all clingings are nullified. In…