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St. Augustine quotes

| June 10, 2014 | 0 Comments

As a Buddhist born in North America I can’t help but have some Judeo-Christian influence in my psychological make-up. I’ve learned to integrate the best of my upbringing with Buddhism rather than have an East-West philosophical battle constantly raging in my psyche. I’ve come to realize the most religions have a lot in common with […]

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“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”

| April 4, 2014 | 0 Comments

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” ― Lewis B. Smedes As with so many of our negative emotions — like holding a grudge — the person who holds the emotion is the one who is most affected by it. So, for instance, if I have been fired […]

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Letting Go

| March 13, 2014

The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. ~ Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche It is not easy to comment on a meditation master‘s words and how they relate to the process of moving on but here goes: Here I take “authentic presence” to mean the real you, or […]

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