Kindness is water, religion is tea. — Dalai Lama My Yoga instructor repeated the Dalai Lama’s words today. To her, his words meant that we can’t live without water, but every now and then a glass or cup of tea is nice. I went home to check the quote, and I was amazed at what I…
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An Assurance of Safety and a Temper of Peace.
“An assurance of safety and a temper of peace, and, in relation to others, a preponderance of loving affections.” — William James’s The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture XX. Followers of The Hubbell Pew know that I sometimes run across a phrase that I find fascinating and produces a flow of thought. Such was my feeling when I…
Overly Sensitive, Over Reacting, and Taking Things Personally
We also often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally. — the Dalai Lama. Here I am writing again about the pebbles in one shoe, the squeaking wheel, and being too sensitive. But I do think we spend too much time worrying about…
Achieving Peace In the World.
Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It’s very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family. — Dalai Lama If Hurricane Harvey taught America and…
Be Careful Where You Toss a Fisherman’s Hook
Anger or hatred is like a fisherman’s hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it. –– His Holiness the Dalai Lama Suzy is the fisher-person in our family. She has caught a marlin, lots of crappie and bass, and a tarpon, among others. I on the other…