The Pali word metta means loving-kindness, friendliness, goodwill, benevolence, fellowship, and non-violence. Pali commentators define metta as the strong wish for the welfare and happiness of others. Through metta one refuses to be offensive and renounces bitterness, resentment and animosity of every kind, developing instead a mind of friendliness, accommodation and benevolence which seeks the well-being and happiness of others. True metta is devoid of self-interest. Read more…
Entries by Lissa Reidel
The moment one gives close attention to anything, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.
Henry Miller
Zen Peacemakers is an organization of socially engaged Buddhists. It was founded by Roshi Bernie Glassman and his wife Sandra Jishu Holmes in 1996 and its work has been continued by Roshi Joan Halifax of Upaya.
Peacemakers throughout all space and time recognize that they are not separate from all that is. Read more…
Orlando had been keeping a visual diary since the beginning of the year. Here is a random selection.
Why am I so eager to rebuild Bloginni, after it was destroyed by hackers? Because I love reaching out to others, sharing my thoughts and be a part of the way blogs and social media are creating new connections that would never have been possible before…
And because:
1. The Blogosphere is a playful, experimental medium that is constantly renewing and reinventing itself in new incarnations. Read more…
Breathe! You are online. Right here. Right now.
Thich Nhat Hanh
1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy
2. Submissive to everything, open, listening
3. Try never get drunk outside yr own house
4. Be in love with yr life
5. Something that you feel will find its own form Read more…
We are all
little buddhas
Words of Martha Graham to Agnes De Mille
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening
that is translated through you into action,
and because there is only one of you in all time,
this expression is unique. Read more…
Our companion from childhood.