“Sangha is the Holy order of spiritual ancestors”-Buddhist affirmation. Sangha or community, includes everyone in our human circle. Whether we believe this or not, every human is a recycled spiritual form, including ourselves. We have been here before in a different form and we will return in another form. Which means to some extent we… Continue reading Sangha
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Tonglen
As beautifully stated by Pema Chodron in her book When things fall apart, the practice of Tonglen- sending and receiving- is designed to awaken bodhichitta, to put us in touch with genuine noble heart. It is a practice of taking in pain and sending out pleasure and therefore completely turns around our well-established habit of… Continue reading Tonglen
Space
“Between stimulus and response, there is space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom“. -Viktor E. Frankl When I first read these lines several years ago, I was deeply intrigued. It became my ultimate goal to discover this “space” for myself. I was curious,… Continue reading Space