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We are at a critical juncture in world history. The elements of our environment are going through a rapid process of change that threatens the future of our planet. Relations among countries have reached dangerous levels of disharmony. We
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“There is a common misunderstanding that if you are going to be a “good” Buddhist, you will have to leave your career and run off to the woods to meditate 24/7 until you reach enlightenment. I don’t think you have to do that in order to follow a spiritual path. I have seen my”
― The Buddha Walks into the Office: A Guide to Livelihood for a New Generation
― The Buddha Walks into the Office: A Guide to Livelihood for a New Generation
“Art in everyday life is the deepening or intensifying of experience that gives new significance to the ordinary things of our world. It is feeling the breath of life pulsating in and through the ordinary events and activities of our everyday world. We might regain a childlike sensitivity to the immediate freshness of this moment. Here we are unashamedly more fully alive, already enjoying an abundant life which can no longer be exhausted.”
― Mindfulness and Madness: Money, Food, Sex And The Sacred
― Mindfulness and Madness: Money, Food, Sex And The Sacred
“Without the ordinary stuff of our daily life with all of its complications and irritations, there is no dharma path of spiritual practice.”
― Mindfulness and Madness: Money, Food, Sex And The Sacred
― Mindfulness and Madness: Money, Food, Sex And The Sacred
“Meditation is an expression of tender courage. It suggests that it is refreshing to meet the nakedness of situations with your own nakedness, here and now. Outside of nowness we fail to genuinely appreciate our lives because we are struggling to survive in time, projecting ourselves into the future or attempting to resolve the past.”
― Mindfulness and Madness: Money, Food, Sex And The Sacred
― Mindfulness and Madness: Money, Food, Sex And The Sacred
“When you devote yourself to being true, you are connecting with the most intimate part of who you are and putting it on display. You are making your basic goodness available to those you work with, and they will likely be inspired to see that. As you exhibit the steadfast presence, the stable power, and the genuine warmth of being true, people will grow to trust and respect you. You will be able to lead with skill, supported by your coworkers and colleagues.”
― The Buddha Walks into the Office: A Guide to Livelihood for a New Generation
― The Buddha Walks into the Office: A Guide to Livelihood for a New Generation
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