Life 35 (Jan 20 - May 20)

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Postby winston » Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:31 am

What is the best way to use the talent we have?

We must transform the divine power latent in you into skill, for undertaking any useful activity.

When knowledge is converted into skill, you acquire balance in life.

In such a state of equanimity, you will develop insight.

Ennobled with such an insight and divine power, you should undertake a noble activity. Only then it will be most fruitful and beneficial to everyone.

Always undertake noble activities with a pure mind. Unity brings purity, and purity in turn leads to Divinity.

You should never forget the inseparable relationship between unity, purity, and Divinity, and always strive to achieve that.

You must all come together and work together in the spirit of sacrifice. Spirituality is not a business activity. Spirituality is divine.

Spirituality is associated with unity. This unity in diversity alone will bring you happiness.

Cultivate that principle of unity. Then, every activity undertaken by you will acquire its due value and sanctity!

- Divine Discourse, Jan 1, 2003.

Practice the noble qualities of purity, patience and perseverance. You are verily Divine.

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Re: Life 35 (Jan 20 - Jul 20)

Postby winston » Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:08 am

How should we look upon a new year?

To embark on a new life, you need not wait for the arrival of a new year. Treat every second as new.

Sanctify every moment of your life. The observance of the beginning of a New Year is based on the statements of the almanac maker. Calendar is a man-made device.

The sun and the moon remain unchanged. The omnipotent and omnipresent Divine transcends such ideas.

Earnestly aspire to realise the unity of the Divine and he individual Consciousness. When this union is achieved, you will experience Spiritual Bliss.

This is the primary task before everyone. All of you should aspire to achieve that essential purpose of your human birth.

You are bound by your own actions in this world. Regard the entire cosmos as a great mansion of the Divine.

Let your actions be good. Be pure in your speech. Develop a sacred vision and purify your hearts.

- Divine Discourse, Jan 1, 1992.

To the individual who has truly surrendered to the Divine, everything that they experience
(good or bad) is a gift from the Divine.

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Re: Life 35 (Jan 20 - Jul 20)

Postby winston » Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:40 pm

The Freedom of Observation

What kind of freedom is it that exists in doing nothing?

It is the freedom not to interfere or react.

It is the freedom to merely observe.

—Ananda Baltrunas, “A Prison of Desire”
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Re: Life 35 (Jan 20 - Jul 20)

Postby winston » Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:40 am

What is the one significant virtue we must acquire?

For acquiring selfless love, the quality of forbearance is a vital necessity.

Besides forbearance, it also implies extreme patience and an enormous capacity to forget and also forgive.

Every individual must cultivate this noble quality. Forbearance is not achieved by reading books or from an instructor. Nor can it be received as a gift from someone else.

This prime virtue can be acquired solely by self-effort, by facing squarely diverse problems and difficulties of various sorts, by going through anxieties and suffering as well as sorrow.

In the absence of forbearance, man becomes susceptible to all kinds of evil tendencies.

Hatred and jealousy easily take root in a person lacking this virtue. Divinity is merely the combined manifestation of love and forbearance.

- Divine Discourse, May 25, 2000.

Forbearance is all the strength that everyone needs.

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Re: Life 35 (Jan 20 - Jul 20)

Postby winston » Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:29 pm

How to Turn Suffering into Connection

Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection.

—Sharon Salzberg, “A Quiver of the Heart”
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Re: Life 35 (Jan 20 - Jul 20)

Postby winston » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:54 am

What is the cause of all worries?

All of you are the embodiments of Love and Divinity. All that has to happen, will happen.

Do not worry about it. Past is past, forget the past.

Future is uncertain, do not brood over it.

Present is important, live in the present and be happy. Do not worry about the past and future.

Where is the past? Many people have passed away. Has any of them come back? None.

Similarly we do not know anything about the future. Why should we worry about it? Seek happiness in the present.

When you have such an attitude, you will never worry about anything in life. What is the shape of worry? It is a mentally created fear.

We should never worry. Hurry, worry, and curry, are the causes of heart diseases. You should therefore avoid hurry, worry and curry.

A true devotee will not have any worries. You cannot call yourself a true devotee if you are beset with worries.

- Divine Discourse, Apr 14, 2006.

Love is Divine, Live in Love. Love Ever, Hurt Never.

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Re: Life 35 (Jan 20 - Jul 20)

Postby winston » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:03 pm

Realizing that Thoughts Are Not Facts

Once we recognize that thoughts are empty, the mind will no longer have the power to deceive us.

—Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, “Teachings on the Nature of Mind and Practice”
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Re: Life 35 (Jan 20 - Jul 20)

Postby winston » Fri Apr 17, 2020 12:49 pm

Who is responsible for how we feel, today or on any given day?

The deed, the work in which the hands are engaged, is the source of happiness or misery.

You assert that you are happy, anxious and afraid, or that you are in trouble. And most often, we attribute the cause of these expressions to someone other than ourselves.

This is incorrect; happiness and misery are due to our own actions.

Whether you choose to accept or reject this truth, you will experience the consequences of your action.

This is the law of nature. You may not believe in summer or winter, in fire or rain, but you cannot escape from heat and cold. They affect you anyway.

Therefore, the virtuous and wise, direct their activities along proper lines.

Assimilate these lessons and demonstrate their effect in your thoughts, words and translate
them into action!

- Ch 19, Vidya Vahini.

Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for words wound more fatally than even arrows.

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Re: Life 35 (Jan 20 - Jul 20)

Postby winston » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:39 pm

Let Go of What You Cannot Change

Why be unhappy about something If it can be remedied?

And what is the use of being unhappy about something If it cannot be remedied?

—Shantideva,“Shantideva Patience”
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Re: Life 35 (Jan 20 - Jul 20)

Postby winston » Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:38 am

Why is it important to hear and see what is good?

Hands are not the only limbs or agents involved in human activity (karma).

Whatever you do, see, or hear, you should be vigilant about its purity. Thought, word and deed must be free from pride, greed and hatred.

The words that you utter must be free from these faults; things that you yearn to hear, must be free from superficially attractive qualities; and the pleasure that you seek must not be polluted by evil.

What enters the ear might not be clear to the mind; it might reach the mind only in a hazy form.

So education has to be so imparted that it is received clearly by the mind. To achieve this aim, it has to be transmitted through heads, tongues, and hands that are pure, with no blemish that warps. Only then can the learning be clear and the wisdom bright.

- Ch 19, Vidya Vahini.


Bury bad thoughts under good ones. Then the bad ones will fade away and be forgotten.

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