Hey there.

You’ve been asleep

for a long time.

Isn’t it time

to awaken?

~

Ajahn Chah

#NirvanaDay #WakeUp #path #practice #meditation #life #OpenHeart #EngagedBuddhism #JMWart #JinpaLhaga

on this day, we celebrate romance and relationships, which can be a beautiful expression of love.

but why limit our idea of love?

love is far more vast than romance and can be found in so many places if our hearts are open to it.

it is true, that love is everywhere, and that includes our very own hearts.

we can begin there. begin by loving ourselves well, with open-heartedness, with tenderness, kindness and compassion. we too are worthy of our own love.

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche said, “It is this tender heart that has the power to transform the world.”

true, true.

Happy Valentine’s Day, friends!

~j

#ValentinesDay #love #OpenHeart #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga

(excerpted from the 9th Mindfulness Training of Thich Nhat Hanh’s 14 Mindfulness Trainings of Engaged Buddhism)

this takes courage to do. it is an act of bravery to speak up, to speak out when it is needed, when we feel called to, when history demands it.

we can see individuals throughout history, and even some today, who embody such bravery and integrity.

we can also see quite clearly throughout history and even today (this very day in Congress!) those who do not.

may we set our intention and do our best to embody such bravery when it is needed, when our hearts and history call upon us to do so. 🙏🏻

~j

#RightSpeech #FierceCompassion #bravery #integrity #justice #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #ThichNhatHanhQuotes #JinpaLhaga

hello friends!

Tashi Delek and Happy Losar, the Tibetan New Year!

also, Happy Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year!

2021 is the Year of the Iron Ox. the Iron Ox has a calm, steady strength and is tenacious, and also has a sense of integrity and responsibility – all traits we can practice in this year ahead!

may it bring happiness and ease 🙏🏻

~j

#Losar #TibetanNewYear #ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear #IronOx #Ox #JMWart #JinpaLhaga

it’s been said that our wounds are how the light enters us.

perhaps our wounds are also the opening through which we offer the light within us to the world, as well.

let there be light, indeed 🙏🏻

~j

#LetThereBeLight #light #LuminousBeings #candle #wounds #healing #offering #OpenHeart #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #JMWart #JinpaLhaga

What good is it to live with nothing left to give, forget but not forgive, not loving all you see?

~ Coldplay

loving all we see…

it’s important to define what this can mean.

loving all we see is not an approval of what is harmful, what is cruel, of what is injustice or inequality, or of what is violent and destructive.

loving all we see is our response to a world with injustice and inequality, with violence and destruction, with what is harmful and cruel.

loving all we see, is loving justice, loving equality, and working toward these things, bringing what is healing to the world.

our love is an offering of heart, of hope, of peace. the transformative practice of love is the alchemy of our lives.

our life as an offering.

love it all.

~j

#LoveItAll #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #ThisPassingLife #MakeItCount #alchemy #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #Zen #enso #JMWart #JinpaLhaga