Who is Thousand Hand Thousand Eye Guan Yin? (and why is she so relevant even now?)
The eyes on the hands means she’s open to a thousand viewpoints so she can identify—and identify with—the specific individual whose cries she hears.
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Category: Buddhism
Doing the Work and Planting the Seeds
Typical, life’s important moments always happen when no one’s around.
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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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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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