“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.”
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“Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns...We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe in the beauty around us, to dance and sing. Yet each day we listen to inner voices that keep our life small.”
― Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
― Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
“All things are inconstant except the faith in the soul, which changes all things and fills their inconstancy with light.”
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“Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility
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beloved members (and their friends) from MABA Buddhist community read and discuss books on parenting and family, Our books explore mindfulness, presen ...more
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