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Wisdom | The Sacred Pause by Jack Kornfield

Wisdom | The Sacred Pause by Jack Kornfield

Some wisdom from Jack Kornfield in time for the holidays... An excerpt from Jack's book The Wise Heart; and also published here on JackKornfield.com. Our life can take on a whirlwind quality of working, responding, answering, solving, building, caring, tending and...

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Wisdom | A Gratitude Practice from Our Friend Jean

Wisdom | A Gratitude Practice from Our Friend Jean

Three Good Things A way to tune into the positive events in your life. From UC Berkeley’s Greater Good in Action; recommended to us by our friend Jean Watt. Jean did this gratitude practice every day. “Attitude is everything,” Jean told us. “So in the morning, instead...

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Wisdom | Two Reflections from Thomas Keating

Wisdom | Two Reflections from Thomas Keating

Thomas Keating (1923-2018) “God is Already Here” From the December 2015 Contemplative Outreach Newsletter We used to think that time and space were limited. But now we know the galaxies are going beyond space as we know it and are going away so fast that in another...

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Wisdom | How to Die Well

Wisdom | How to Die Well

The late great Tibetan Buddhist teacher Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche (1926 – 2006), answers questions about death and dying put by Ven. Pende Hawter, founder of Karuna Hospice Services in Brisbane, Australia, in Dharamsala, India, in May 1990. This piece was excerpted from...

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Wisdom | The Dalai Lama’s Perspective on Aging

Wisdom | The Dalai Lama’s Perspective on Aging

Featured image: The Dalai Lama visits a patient at Westmead Hospital in Sydney in 2013. Photo Rusty Stewart/Dalai Lama in Australia (DLIA). In April 2013 the Dalai Lama met scientists at the Université de Lausanne in Switzerland to participate in a conference on...

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Wisdom from Three Modern Masters of Religion

Wisdom from Three Modern Masters of Religion

 This CBSN 30-minute documentary explores the lives and influence of three religious teachers, Thomas Merton, His Holiness the 16th Karmapa and Karen Armstrong. Thomas Merton For much admired Trappist monk Thomas Merton, the “deeply spiritual life” meant the “experience” of God’s presence and love at all times, combining that with action in everyday life. […]

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