Happy 82nd Birthday to His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama…

Happiest of birthdays to His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama!

Grateful for his continued presence and his persistent message of compassion as the vehicle of resolving the world’s problems. I’ve had the pleasure of attending three of his public talks, one of which was for his 80th birthday. He turned 80 during the talk, so the whole auditorium sang him happy birthday. May he live in in good health for many years to come, continuing to be a light of compassion and peace.

~j
Every day, think as you wake up, “Today I am fortunate to have woken up, I am alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.”

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HH The 14th Dalai Lama

Independence Day

Happy Independence Day!!may our hearts be open to those within and outside our country. may we live up to the principles of freedom, equality and justice both in our personal interactions and our policies and laws. may we welcome the outsider as an insider with empathy and compassion, striving endlessly for peace.
#MeditateAndResist #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #July4th #IndependenceDay

know who you are…

in the thick of things, the darkness and difficulty, don’t forget who you are. you are Love, luminous and open.meet life with empathy, with compassion, and the steady, purposeful, and unshakable strength that comes from being grounded in Love.

~j
[…if you want a master class in what happens when we allow our wounds to close up and drag us into a bitter anger, and then what happens when this is met with empathy, compassion, and courage, watch the end scenes of Moana. be a healer. meet life with empathy, compassion and courage grounded in Love.]

how to live…


if not all of us, but even most of us could abide by this philosophy…
may it be so and may it begin with each of us.

~j
#BodhisattvaVow #bodhisattvas #bodhicitta #empathy #compassion #FierceCompassion #MeditateAndResist #TheLongArc #PlantingSeeds #LoveWins #Shantideva #Buddhism #Metta