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Tenzin Chodron
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:24 pm


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:34 am


'Give of yourself, and that way greed dies off and suffering stops.'

That's extraordinary. I always thought prison would be the best place to practice serious meditation. But wow, so much irrational fear and madness in and around one person and still an attempt to live a holy life is made. It's mildly surreal.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:26 pm


"I find it disturbing that once you try to satisfy the self, it is like pouring water into a bottomless hole. You can see it going in and expect it to fill up at any time, but it never does. The only thing that I have ever received from trying to satisfy my own greed is suffering."
PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:37 pm


aemi
'Give of yourself, and that way greed dies off and suffering stops.'

That's extraordinary. I always thought prison would be the best place to practice serious meditation. But wow, so much irrational fear and madness in and around one person and still an attempt to live a holy life is made. It's mildly surreal.


Ya ... to practise peace in a world where almost everyone wants to cause you hurt ... can be a really hard thing to do ... sweatdrop the same can be said for explaining dhama to the people before you just realised why they are called the "Ignorant Masses" ...
Hmmm ... anyway, about Thubten Chodron, there are some books written by her ... online for free distribution ....


Working with Anger
http://www.kmspks.org/pdf/Anger.pdf

I Wonder Why
http://www.kmspks.org/pdf/Wonder.pdf

The site ( part of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery )
http://www.kmspks.org/download/ebook.htm

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Tenzin Chodron
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:46 pm


Thank you very much for sharing those links! biggrin
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