Join Matthew Brensilver Sept 1 & 2 for a weekend non-residential retreat @Spirit_Rock - Anger, Rage, Peace, Forgiveness and the rest....
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The interfaith community is RISING on September 8th for Climate, Jobs and Justice.... and ATS is joining. More info here - and we'll follow-up before the march: ca.riseforclimate.org/faith/
Our dear friend and very wise teacher Ruth King has a new book, Mindful of Race. This is important reading and we cannot recommend it enough. It's time to do the work.
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Our sister organization, @MBAProject has 2 new online trainings for bringing mindfulness to at-risk youth. Interested? Check it out.
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Our friend and colleague Josh Korda is teaching an online course with Tricycle magazine starting next week. Feeling Secure in an Unstable World. Check it out. learn.tricycle.org/courses/f…
The podcasts on our website are unavailable at the moment. We're working to get this fixed asap. Thanks for your patience.
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A balanced state of mind depends on the way you pour a cup of tea ~ Chogyam Trungpa
Recognize wisdom when it presents itself to you. xitter.cf/kanyewest/status/98812…
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Today is 4/20. While pot use is finding new acceptance across America, this Buddhist explains why they kicked it to the curb. buff.ly/2HP6bCq
"Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one’s own acts, done and undone."
The Buddha had a very nice way of saying stay in your own lane, mind your own business and stop being so judgey.
Buddhism is about seeing reality for what it is. No one, not even the Buddha, can tell you. You must experience it for yourself.
“Be a light unto yourself; betake yourselves to no external refuge. Hold fast to the Truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.”
"I don't envision a single thing that — when untamed, unguarded, unprotected, unrestrained — leads to such great harm as the mind. The mind — when untamed, unguarded, unprotected, unrestrained — leads to great harm." - Buddha
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In the modern world, where the pursuit of money is considered more important than the cultivation of inner values a fresh approach is required to incorporate secular ethics or universal values into the system of education.
"[A]ll life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied together into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We are made to live together because of the interrelated structure of reality..."
"And before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half the world.
This is the way our universe is structured. It is its interrelated quality."