The crew at Midwest Buddhist Temple made and delivered 385 sandwich bags to unhoused neighbours in Chicago today!
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A student came to complain to Ajaan Fuang that she had been meditating for years, and still hadn’t gotten anything out of it.
His immediate response: “You don’t meditate to ‘get’ anything. You meditate to let go.”
~Ajahn Ṭhānissaro
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Praying for their captor: April 14, 1945, five Japanese American monks pray for the deceased President FDR at the Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt, Idaho. They were imprisoned, along with 120,000 other legal residents and citizens, for more than 3 years due to FDR's Executive Order 9066.
The 5 are Gibun Kimura (Nishi), Yohaku Arakawa (Nichiren), Eiyu Terao (Nishi), Hojun Sugimoto (Nishi), and Gikan Nishinaga (Nishi)
#buddhism #buddhist #immigration#jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #asianamerican
Sat, Oct 11, 2pm: "Buddhist Values and the Problem of the Environment," at Oregon Buddhist Temple (Portland).
This seminar will consider the basic ethical values that Buddhist thinking and practices bring to the world in transforming our current deluded environmental practice by transforming ourselves to benefit all life that is around us. Dr. Bidisha Mallik will lead the seminar.
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BDG news: Inauguration of Great Enlightenment Stupa at Danakosha Ling Signifies Buddhism’s Growing Popularity in Finland
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The senior venerable Mahākoṭṭhita said this:
Calm and still,
thoughtful in counsel, not restless—
he shakes off bad qualities
as the gale shakes leaves off a tree.
~Thag1.2
✨ Each transient in-breath and out-breath is to be treasured mindfully ✨
🪷 Mindful wisdom from Ajahn Anan Akincano 🪷
💛 Never be negligent with your life 💛
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BDG on YouTube: Dharma Q+A with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim: How Can I Maintain a Peaceful Mindset While Job Searching?
🔗 Watch: https://youtu.be/0Ejbp8w0rQs
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Ajahn Anan Akincano
Never be negligent with your life; as much as possible, recollect the fact you have to die. Every day, remind yourself, today might be my last day. Each in-breath you take may be your last. Every out-breath you take may be your last. — Ajahn Anan Akincano
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Carved wooden sculpture by Enkū.
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BDG feature: The Spirit of Collaboration: Insights from the XXth IABS Congress at Leipzig University
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#Buddhism #BuddhistStudies #Academia #BuddhistHistory #BuddhistEvents #IABS #Germany #Leipzig
✨ The Secret to Enlightenment is Found in Compassion ✨
🪷 Compassionate wisdom from Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche 🪷
💛 Buddhahood is attained by benefitting others 💛
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BDG news: Thai Monk Arrested for Alleged Embezzlement Linked to AIDS Hospice
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Skillful reflection can give rise to an immediate feeling of well-being in our heart, ...
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
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Four Months Practicing Zen
I intentionally left this post in my blog draft folder for months, but now I am ready to post. After a small revelation back in early May, I wanted to give it time and ensure that this change in Buddhist path wasn't a spur of the moment decision. After that little experience in May, I realize that I had misunderstood Zen Buddhism. #Buddhism#Zen #PureLand
BDG feature: Flowers and Moths
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#Buddhism#Homesteading#Agriculture#Horticulture#Karma#BuddhistPractice#Ohio
BDG news: Buddhist Women: Drukpa Nuns Visit Ven. Bhikkhu Sanghasena at the Mahabodhi Devachan Campus in Ladakh
🔗 Read more at BDG: https://tinyurl.com/k556sm3b
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✨ Are You Awake to the Clarity of the Present Moment? ✨
🪷 Tranquil wisdom from Gihwa (1376–1433) 🪷
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BDG on YouTube: Death Dhamma Podcast: Everyday Equanimity: Balance in the Small Moments
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