Losar Tashi Delek!

this is the beautiful card the International Campaign for Tibet sent out to supporters (2nd pic is the one i received). i love the artwork!

this Tibetan New Year marks the Year of the Water Tiger, a year of courage and power, a time for transformation and a renewal.
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i have immense gratitude for Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism which has greatly influenced my Buddhist journey and practice with its emphasis on embodiment, along with the influence Zen has had on me. both my teacher trainings were in Tibetan Buddhist lineages, with one certification being from Tibet House US. my Refuge Vows were within Tibetan Buddhist lineage as well, my Dharma name being Jinpa Lhaga (Tibetan for Generosity Divine Joy).✨

may this new year be a blessed one for Tibet, the Tibetan people, and all people around the world. may our courage and strength be renewed, may we find resilience from our practices and our communities and open our hearts to transformation and healing.💫

~j
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#Losar #TibetanNewYear #YearOfTheWaterTiger #LosarTashiDelek #Tibet #Tibetan #TibetanBuddhism #path #practice #JinpaLhaga

Posted @withregram • @savetibetorg Losar Tashi Delek!

From your friends at ICT, Happy Tibetan New Year!

We join in wishing you and all sentient beings calming peace, good health and lasting joy throughout the year of the Water Tiger.

a meditation practice can be a refuge we return to each day, and throughout the day, even for a minute. a practice that becomes a path for how we relate to ourselves, others, and the world.
what a gift! 💫🧘🏼‍♂️

join me this weekend on Saturday or Sunday at 9am for Self-Care Saturdays & Sundays.
free / pay-what-you-can / suggested donation: $10
link: https://linktr.ee/jaysenwaller

~j
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if you’d like to support my teaching and art, consider my Patreon. support levels start at $3/month – link: http://www.patreon.com/jaysenwaller

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when we slow down, when we settle, when we become quiet and listen, we allow space for life to speak to us, or rather for our awareness to open to what life is saying.

in every case, it is love. we are being asked to love. once we awaken to this, there is only one question and that is how to love best, how to love in a way that brings most benefit, that ends harm, and that heals wounds.

~j

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#SlowDown #settle #GetQuiet #listen #allow #healing #benefit #love #meditation #awareness #haiku #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

hello friends!

if you have a moment, please take a short 5 question survey regarding mediation practice interest. should only take a couple of minutes of your time.

link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X53SRNL

thanks!
~j

#meditation #mindfulness #awareness #lovingkindness #path #practice #JinpaLhaga

sending out lovingkindness to all life in all directions, and especially to the people of Ukraine who are embodying incredible courage and resilience in the face of such destructive aggression, and to the Russian protestors who even knowing the potential cost of their bravery, are standing up and speaking out against their government’s catastrophic actions. they are moved by love for family, for neighbor, for community, for humanity, for life.

may love prevail.

may this invasion, this war of provocation, of aggression and violence end. may the loss of life, the harm and suffering emotional and physical end. may the power held by dictators and authoritarian forces in all corners of the earth come to an end.

may sanity prevail.

may clarity, resilience, balance, open-heartedness, and fierce compassion arise in every heart and mind out of the ashes of harm and suffering, that we may aspire and commit to the needed work, to bring healing and a new day of light, love, and harmony for all life.

may it be so.

~j

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#lovingkindness #metta #love #OpenHeart #FierceCompassion #sanity #healing #bodhisattvas #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga

every step of the practice is one of attention and care.
our aspiration and ability to place our attention, to be mindful, to allow space for our awareness to arise, to befriend our mind and open our heart is an act of caring. a path and a practice. it is the foundation we need to care for ourselves, others and this world. the foundation we need to end harm, bring justice, transform suffering into healing.

~j
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#meditation #mindfulness #awareness #attention #OpenHeart #lovingkindness #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga

Posted @withregram • @tricyclemag From “Treading the Path with Care” by Winton Higgins
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Link in bio. #DailyDharma

remember to breathe.

it’s okay to feel overwhelmed. it’s okay to not know what to do. whatever you are feeling, it is okay to feel it. 

so what to do?
we can begin, by simply taking care of ourselves, by holding this moment with tenderness and compassion. we can come home to ourselves, by placing our attention on our breath, allowing the breath to carry all. as we breathe in we can note all of our experience, all we are feeling, with gentleness and love. as we breathe out, we can loosen and release our grasp, allowing space. this space, is the opportunity for clarity, for resilience, and balance to arise. this is a practice of love.

breathe.

~j

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if you’d like to learn some simple techniques and practice meditation together, join me for Self-Care Saturdays or Sundays at 9am PT.  sessions are free or pay-what-you-can donation. $10 suggested donation. 

links: www.linktr.ee/jaysenwaller

if you’d like to support my teaching and art sharing, you can offer one time donations or regular support via Patreon. 

links: www.linktr.ee/jaysenwaller

#JustSit #JustBreathe #meditation #mindfulness #awareness #lovingkindness #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

the darkness of it all. 

out of balance. 

contrary to the life we embody, to the love we are called to embody, to offer, to serve.

even as some descend into madness, may we rise up with minds of focus and clarity, luminous as stars across a darkened night, with strong backs, open hearts, and fierce compassion to end harm as generations have before us.

may this moment bring forth the bodhisattvas in the world and the bodhisattva within each of us. 

may there be an end to ignorance, an end to aggression, an end to harm, an end to suffering.

~j

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#bodhisattvas #RiseUp #healers #healing #luminous #OpenHeart #clarity #resilience #love #FierceCompassion #EngagedBuddhism #path #practice #JinpaLhaga

learning to become friends with ourselves and relate to the world and others in a more open-hearted, calm and steady way is a beautiful and beneficial skill we can acquire through meditation practice. but this isn’t the only benefit a consistent meditation practice can bring. did you know it has numerous benefits for your own mental, emotional, and physical health as well?

a consistent meditation practice has been shown to reduce tension, lower blood pressure, reduce stress and stress related illnesses, improve sleep, and increase happiness. 

it’s a skill and practice we can learn that can benefit our relationship to others and to ourselves, a beneficial path we can travel in our daily lives, and a refuge to return to again and again.

if you’d like to learn the practices of Mindfulness Awareness and Lovingkindness, join me this coming weekend for either Self-Care Saturday or Sunday at 9am PT- or both. the sessions are offered for free or pay-what-you-can, with suggested donation of $10. www.linktr.ee/jaysenwaller

have a great week!

~j

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if you’d like to support my teaching and art sharing with a donation – thank you! you can do so through one time donation on Venmo or PayPal, or through regular giving on Patreon. there are 7 levels of support beginning at $3/month with various unique and beneficial rewards. www.linktr.ee/jaysenwaller

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we don’t have to be Buddhist to sit like a Buddha.

we sit upright with confidence and dignity, with an open heart and humility, breathing in and out with awareness, attentive to the present moment, not lost in distraction, or grasping, or aggression.

it may take practice, but it’s possible, because we are embodiments of life, of love.

~j

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if you’d like to sit together and practice, consider joining me next weekend for Self-Care Saturdays & Sundays at 9am PTeither day for Mindfulness Awareness Meditation practice and Lovingkindness Meditation practice. sessions are free or pay-what-you-can donation, with suggestion of $10. visit www.linktr.ee/jaysenwaller for links to join 👍🏻

if you find this post, my writing, photography and/or art beneficial, please consider supporting my practice and sharing, with one time donation on Venmo or PayPal, or regularly monthly giving through Patreon. visit www.linktr.ee/jaysenwaller for links 👍🏻

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