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Morning meditation — This is an Eternal Law.

Morning meditation — This is an Eternal Law. https://wp.me/pFy3u-7bB

Hatred is never overcome by hatred it can only be overcome by non-hatred. This is an eternal law. The Dhammapada On our Twitter account, Buddhism Now @Buddhism_Now, most mornings we post a ‘morning meditation’ like the one above. On the net, of course, it’s morning, afternoon, evening, or nighttime 😀 somewhere. Click here to read more Morning Meditation posts. Click here for more Theravada…

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“Mantra for Offering Your Presence”

“Mantra for Recognizing Your Beloved”

“Mantra for Relieving Suffering”

“Mantra for Reaching Out to Ask for Help”

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Buddhist adjacent humor

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Mettā  is defined thus: Loving-Kindness has the mode of    friendliness as characteristic. Its natural function is to promote friendliness. It manifests as    disappearance of ill-will. Its source is seeing with kindness. When succeeding, then it eliminates all    angry enmity. When it fails, then it degenerates into egocentric lust and desire. It can    be practiced anywhere and at anytime, but ideally sitting cross-legged in a quiet    secluded place and then whole-heartedly wishing, first beaming it out in front, then to the    right, then to the back, then to the left and finally below and above in this effective and    exhaustive way:   May I be happy and free from suffering... May I keep myself free from hostility, aversion, trouble and thereby live happily... May I become happy in this way by repeated training of this excellent    goodwill praxis... Just as I want happiness, absence of pain, life and not death, so do all    other beings! Therefore: May all beings become thus happy... May all breathing things become thus happy...   May all creatures become thus happy...   May all deities become thus happy...   May all human beings become thus happy...   May all who have form become thus happy...   May all the Nobles and not Nobles become thus happy...   May all those in the fearful states of deprivation become thus happy...   By being freed from all enmity, distress & anxiety, may they thus guide themselves to bliss!

The blessed Buddha    often pointed out: Bhikkhus, whatever kinds of worldly merit there are, all are not worth one    16th part of the release of mind by infinitely universal friendliness: In shining, beaming,    glow & radiance the release of mind by infinite, immeasurable and inexhaustible friendliness far    excels them all! Itivuttaka 27

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Buddhist economics means, number one: be aware of greed, hatred, and delusion in yourself. And to do that, you cannot use the Cartesian approach. Your head alone is not sufficient. You must cultivate your heart.

Sulak Sivaraksa https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/buddhist-principles-for-a-just-economy

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In my own ongoing work to survey the world of Buddhist economics, I have seen three steps that tend to unify the field: 1. Moral cultivation. Buddhist economists posit a virtue-centered approach wherein individuals come to recognize and then gradually eliminate their own greed, aversion, and ignorance. 2. Simplicity and sustainability (or sufficiency). Having given up habitual consumption, we naturally have fewer “wants” and possessions. The goal need not be anything like monastic simplicity, although the happiness of people with few possessions is often referenced.   3. The principle of interconnectedness. This forms a bridge from our individual moral work to the work of changing the world around us. The more we change ourselves, the more capable we are of helping others; the more we see how systems of greed cause suffering, the more we want to seek and develop alternatives.

https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/buddhist-principles-for-a-just-economy

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“Buddhism is focussed on preserving and transmitting the teachings of the Buddha; and throughout history, it’s been quick to innovate transcription and printing technologies”