Tag: compassion

20
May
2024

What You Control (Jan 9)

__ Further Reflections 48: Control what you can control well.Ignore what you cannot control at all. 49: Learn to choose…

28
Aug
2023

No Willpower Needed

_ No Willpower Needed Being vegandoesn’t take willpower. It just takes a willingnessto choose compassionover convenience. Thank you for being…

07
Apr
2023

Is The Often Tearing Gyomei Himejima A Compassion ‘Demon’?

_ Be Careful Not To Become A Compassion ‘Demon’(别成慈悲魔)https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2014/10/compassion-demon _

08
Dec
2022

What You Are Not Born For

_ What You Are Not Born For You are not born to be greedy,which will harm yourself.If generous, you will…

17
Mar
2020

Grow In Loving-Kindness & Compassion To Be A Successful Human Being

From ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ by Charlie Mackesy: Grow in Loving-Kindness and Compassion to be…

28
Aug
2019

Piano Song (Erasure): Radio Dharma #4

Lyrics:    Never get angry at stupid people Though I go crazy at the dullness of my life Comments: It is stupid…

12
Apr
2019

Into His Skin

  Thoughts from ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee (as adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham):     You can never…

25
Jul
2018

Minds: Dharmagram #167

  Minds: Dharmagram #167 Strengthen the Four Immeasurable Minds of loving-kindness, compassion, rejoice and equanimity to bridge across to all…

27
Jun
2018

Love: Dharmagram #153

Love: Dharmagram #153 All we need is love in terms of compassion with wisdom, which together stand for the essence…

30
Apr
2018

Be Rational

Page for the day from ‘The Daily Stoic’. Always be kind and wise to one and all.

24
Mar
2018

Speak Up: Dharmagram #27

Dharmagram #27: Speaking up skilfully for one another inspires more to do the same for more – including for animals. 

30
Oct
2017

Suffering: Super Short Story #459

Super Short Story #459: Suffering There is only the problem of how to overcome suffering TOTALLY. It was a question…

03
Aug
2017

Heart-Less?

Fear not, by cultivating the immeasurable heart of loving-kindness and compassion in a selfless way. Have a heart so big…

03
May
2017

Pro The Right & Kind

For the sake of all, be pro-wisdom (which is pro-truth) and pro-compassion. Those who are severely skewed away from reality,…

26
Apr
2017

Free Dharma Courses

Reply to a Dharma class participant (of the ’48 Vows Of Amituofo’ course: http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2016/12/the-48-great-vows-of-amituofo-6th-run-boundless-blessings-for-this-life-the-next, which has an average of about…

26
Apr
2017

All Suffer

Have compassion for all – not just the suffering ones; but the ones creating suffering for others too – because…

10
Mar
2017

Multi-Tasker

Guan(shi)yin Bodhisattva, the true multi-tasker, with countless skilful means expressed through countless outstretched hands of perfect compassion guided by perfect…

20
Jan
2016

Help: Sam & Sara #428

Sam & Sara #428: Help Sam: I can’t help her as she must want to be helped! Sara: Can you then… help…

20
Jan
2016

Mosquito & Meat

Story:  ‘A student was meditating in Ajahn Fuang’s presence when – in a spasm of mindlessness – she slapped a…

16
Dec
2015

Wandering: Wandering Thought #251

Wandering: Wandering Thought #251: We wander with wonder, to learn and discover not just other people, places and matters, but…