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Luce Leonard

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I really love the teachings of the Dalai Lama and the great spiritual masters around him. They make me feel good. Photo: The Dalai Lama To my right is Yahne Le Toumelin, Matthieu Ricard’s mother.

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English - French You can find Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche at: Chanteloube <chanteloube@wanadoo.fr> Vous pouvez retrouver Jigmé Khyentsé Rinpoché à: Chanteloube <chanteloube@wanadoo.fr>

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His holiness the 14th Dalai Lama with His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trichen Rinpoche Photo via Ngawang chosung buddhist #dalailama #sakyatrichenrinpoche #rinpoche

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When we suffer, it is important to cultivate a compassionate heart. Let us sincerely wish, from the bottom of our hearts, that this kind of suffering never befall anyone—no sentient being. We must not think only of... ~ Pema Wangyal Rinpoche Via União Budista Portuguesa See the text in the photo

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Shantideva He is said to have been born a prince in India. He studied at the great monastic university of Nālandā. His peers considered him lazy and absent-minded. To humiliate him, the monks invited him to deliver a public teaching from a very high throne with no steps... See the text in the photo

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Thought of the week MATTHIEURICARD.ORG Even if I cling to my possessions, I will have no choice but to leave, abandoning everything. So I will cultivate generosity and achieve What is best for this life and the next! MIPHAM RINPOCHE (1846-1912) Photo Chilkat Glacier, Yukon, Whitehorse region

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This morning, environmental titan David Suzuki joined me in speaking about the risks to our safety and pocketbooks that come with Bradford’s proposal to privatize our water. I’m grateful to have David’s support. His decades of leadership on the... Our water should never be for sale. Via Olivia Chow

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Cox explained that a large asteroid hitting Earth is very unlikely. What worries him far more is that humans now have the power to destroy themselves, while still struggling to work together and make smart decisions as a global society.

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Registration is now open for the 2nd Annual International Recitation of the Words of the Buddha in Lumbini! 🙏 This is a truly rare and precious gathering: members of the noble Sangha and lay practitioners from many different Buddhist traditions come together as one... shedrub.org/news/recitat...

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All the benefits, all the virtuous actions, the happiness, that sentient beings have, it comes from their virtuous actions, from their merits. These virtuous actions and merits come from their connection with their teacher. From learning it from their teacher. That is wh.. See the text in the photo

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Iceland’s foreign minister broke down in tears at the United Nations: “Children in Gaza suffer every day, and if we do not act, we have failed humanity.” Amid the world’s silence and inaction, tears expose the truth: a child is killed every hour in Gaza Via Return to Palestine

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facebook.com11K views · 354 reactions | "Bardo" means an intermediate state, a gap in between moments. In our life, the greatest opportunity to truly know oneself is to explore these transient moments. When Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche left his monastery to embark on an entirely novel journey, while daunting, this moment was very precious too. It's up to each of us whether we approach these gaps with fear and avoidance or excitement and acceptance. If we can see the moment as an adventure, then navigating through any bardo becomes an opportunity for growth and transformation. With Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, "Letting My Self Die" Watch the full video at https://tricycle.org/article/yongey-mingyur-rinpoche-video/ | Tricycle: The Buddhist Review"Bardo" means an intermediate state, a gap in between moments. In our life, the greatest opportunity to truly know oneself is to explore these transient moments. When Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche left...
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His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje with his elder sister, Jetsun Ngodup Pelzom at Karma Thegsum Chöling Shamong, New Jersey, America, 5 April, 2015 Photo @ Karma Thegsum Chöling - Via Karmapa Khyenno

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Through these actions now performed - and all the virtues I have... Excerpted and adapted from the English Translation of the "Bodhicaryāvatāra" - “The Way of the Bodhisattva” by Shantideva, Translation by Padmakara Translation Group , Shambhala 2011 pages, Section 3.7-34 See the text in the photo