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are we able to open to, to see and hear the sacred in all things?

in the car in front of us, the neighbor across the street?

the person on the other side of a border we constructed, not just physically, but within our own hearts and minds?

are we able to settle our minds and open our eyes and hearts where we are, to all around us?

love is always calling, life is always teaching.

this is the practice, to let go of all that separates us, and realize the interdependence, the interrelatedness of all things. then who would we seek to harm?

~j

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#life #sacred #interdependence #interbeing #OpenHeart #love #SteadyMinds #clarity #wisdom #path #practice #HafizQuotes #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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“We can’t lose our heads. 

Oh, Bodhisattvas! 

Losing your head doesn’t help – 

Instead, extend your hand,

Offer your words, your wisdom, your effort. 

That’s what a Bodhisattva does, day in and day out,

Serving all of life.”

~ 

Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara

we practice to be of benefit, to ourselves and others, a life as an offering. during challenging times, we can lean into our practice, take refuge in our practice of having a steady mind and an open heart, and then get up off the cushion and offer it. just offer it back to life, to others who are suffering, in whatever ways we can.

~j

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*quote from, “A Little Bit of Zen: An Introduction to Zen Buddhism” by Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara 

pictured: statue of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva

#Bodhisattvas #offering #vow #OpenHeart #SteadyMind #path #practice #RoshiPatEnkyoOHara #Avalokiteshvara #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #BWphotography #photography 

this precious human birth.
with awareness and gratitude may we grow in wisdom and love to the benefit of all life.
~j
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Posted @withregram • @jtenzinpalmo You know, you’re so lucky. You’re so lucky because you have all the conditions. You have a human body. That’s a big condition. You have intelligence. You have teachers. You have the teaching. You have the path. And you have the interest. You have the desire. I wonder if you realize how rare that those conditions are.

• Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

Photo: Jetsunma sitting on the steps in front of a bright, blue door

#jetsunmatenzinpalmo #buddhism #wisdom

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this, your very heart,

broken open, heals the world.

dam breaks, water flows.

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we can trust the love within our hearts. we can trust our raw openness and authenticity, both tender and resilient. 

this love is not something to be protected or walled up, but meant to be free and love free and flowing is medicine.

~j

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#OpenHeart #love #tenderness #healing #BreakOpen #offering #flow #haiku #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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may we have eyes to see with awareness, clarity, and wisdom. may we have eyes to see with love.

~j

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#interdependence #interconnectedness #interbeing #awareness #clarity #wisdom #love #OpenHeart #OpenEyes #IshaUpanishad #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

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the 3% of me that is Irish and the 9% of me that is Scottish and feeling charitable wishes 100% of you a very Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀 😂

#SaintPatricksDay #StPatricksDay

*bonus second pic of my first attempt with the sun which burns ☀️🥵 

shade = friend 

thank you for reading my blog 🤗

may your path be graced by the presence of much shade. 💚🙏🏼

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life is still flowering here,

always, all around us.

there’s room for 

concern and worry. 

there’s room for 

fear and anger. 

there’s room for 

confusion and grief.

yet, there is also always

beauty, stillness, and joy.

life is always happening

and life allows space for  it all,

holding onto nothing.

~j

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#life #nature #beauty #HoldingItAll #LettingGo #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #BWphotography #photography 

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may we learn to be still, to allow our minds to settle.

may we learn to be still, to allow our hearts to open.

dropping the script, the stories and talking points that play on a loop, may allow what is now to be seen clearly.

may we allow and align with the love that arises, that is in solidarity with all that is suffering. and so moved by the suffering we see, may we have no choice but to become the feet, the voice, the hands of love and instruments of healing for a world in need.

~j

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#suffering #stillness #service #bodhisattvas #OpenHeart #empathy #compassion #healing #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #SeungSahnQuotes

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Why do you so earnestly seek the truth in distant places? Look for delusion and truth in the bottom of your own hearts.

~

Ryōkan

delusion is the birth of suffering. from delusion comes fear, grasping and aggression. the suffering and causes of suffering begin within our own hearts, then into our words, our actions, then into habits, and then into patterns which eventually can be so hard to see, to become undone.

may hearts open, may awareness and clarity arise.

~j

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#OpenHeart #path #practice #RyokanQuotes #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #buddha #art

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love does not discriminate.

though it lives within the myriad of constructed borders we build and too often hide behind, “safe” in our boxes, it also lives beyond such temporary notions.

may our constructed borders, boxes, and notions not get in the way of our loving each other, our seeking to heal rather than harm, our choosing of peace rather than violence.

may hearts open, may wisdom arise.

~j

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#love #life #impermanence #OpenHeart #nondiscrimination #nonharming #nonviolence #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #SriNisargadattaMaharajQuotes