With So Many Talking, Who Do We Listen To?
Now here is the tough advice from another sutta in the collection. What do we do with this person, since we have determined that they are not a person to be listened to?
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Category: Buddhism
The Right Words
I am thankful a three-year-old girl had the right words to bring my wife to tears. Happy tears.
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A Very Special Episode: The Four Noble Truths of November 5th
I always chuckle when my fellow Gen Xers say, “We were tough back in the day.We didn’t have trigger warnings as kids, we just had to deal with things” because almost every Very Special Episode featured a PSA or advisory warning at the front of the episode and a hotline or help resource number at the end.
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Buddhist Resistance: Is Love the Answer?
I see the shadow in everyone, and I accept it just as I’ve accepted mine. That’s what love does. It shines a light and shows that “yours” and “mine” are illusions created by competitive genes that don’t need to compete anymore.
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Big Trick Energy: The Onion’s Unexpected but Essential Dharma Lesson
But if the idea that any of us could bring peace or goodness to the fractured world seems laughable, The Onion shows us that might be okay.
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