Eight Verses for Training the Mind
by Langri Thangpa
With a determination to accomplish
The highest welfare for all sentient beings
Who surpass even a wish-granting jewel
I will learn to hold them supremely dear.
Whenever I associate with others I will learn
To think of myself as the lowest among all
And respectfully hold others to be supreme
From the very depths of my heart.
In all actions I will learn to search into my mind
And as soon as an afflictive emotion arises
Endangering myself and others
Will firmly face and avert it.
I will learn to cherish beings of bad nature
And those oppressed by strong sins and suffering
As if I had found a precious
Treasure very difficult to find.
When others out of jealousy treat me badly
With abuse, slander, and so on,
I will learn to take on all loss,
And offer victory to them.
When one whom I have benefited with great hope
Unreasonably hurts me very badly,
I will learn to view that person
As an excellent spiritual guide.
In short, I will learn to offer to everyone without exception
All help and happiness directly and indirectly
And respectfully take upon myself
All harm and suffering of my mothers.
I will learn to keep all these practices
Undefiled by the stains of the eight worldly conceptions
And by understanding all phenomena as like illusions
Be released from the bondage of attachment.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
CORE VALUES
RESPECT
...yourself, your health, your body, people in your life who choose a different way of living, animals, the planet...everything and everyone.
COMMITMENT
...to your goals; follow through; give 100%; do things within your present capabilities; work hard and you will achieve.
HONESTY
...comes with respect for yourself and others; respect privacy; trust; ethics.
INTEGRITY
Adhere to the highest standards professionally and personally; always give your best in every situation regardless of how another person might react; an eye for an eye doesn't always work and creates long-term damage; choose the higher road in any conflict.
LOVE AND COMPASSION
Put yourself in other people's shoes no matter who they are and what they have done and what they have done to you.
KNOWLEDGE AND GROWTH
Challenge yourself by questioning what you know (to be true); welcome new perspectives and be open to them; we resist change but when we accept change, it can be truly liberating; enter a different state of consciousness; make choices that make the world a better place for everyone and not just a chosen few; be self-informed and self-aware.
LESS IS MORE
Avoid over-indulgence; limit spending and waste; check for excessive packaging when buying material goods; learn to go without; simplicity in life will create abundance for everyone.
HUMILITY
Learn from your mistakes; arrogance and guilt tactics never solve the problem and are usually remembered forever; blaming others is our way of avoiding change within ourselves; hating on you becomes hating on others.
PASSION
Live each moment; listen intently; appreciate everything!!
FAITH
Believe in yourself; believe you have a lot to offer the world; there is no room for doubt even in the worst of circumstances when humankind's heart is closed, your faith is unyielding. Whatever happens, avoid resistance, and it will lead to good in ways we sometimes can't/won't see.
"Anything essential is invisible to the eyes." Antoine St. Exupery's beautiful words from The Little Prince.
May all the people who have passed along their messages of peace and compassion and who have passed away rest in peace. May the memory of their commitment to COMPASSION live on in all of us who seek a better life for all.
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...yourself, your health, your body, people in your life who choose a different way of living, animals, the planet...everything and everyone.
COMMITMENT
...to your goals; follow through; give 100%; do things within your present capabilities; work hard and you will achieve.
HONESTY
...comes with respect for yourself and others; respect privacy; trust; ethics.
INTEGRITY
Adhere to the highest standards professionally and personally; always give your best in every situation regardless of how another person might react; an eye for an eye doesn't always work and creates long-term damage; choose the higher road in any conflict.
LOVE AND COMPASSION
Put yourself in other people's shoes no matter who they are and what they have done and what they have done to you.
KNOWLEDGE AND GROWTH
Challenge yourself by questioning what you know (to be true); welcome new perspectives and be open to them; we resist change but when we accept change, it can be truly liberating; enter a different state of consciousness; make choices that make the world a better place for everyone and not just a chosen few; be self-informed and self-aware.
LESS IS MORE
Avoid over-indulgence; limit spending and waste; check for excessive packaging when buying material goods; learn to go without; simplicity in life will create abundance for everyone.
HUMILITY
Learn from your mistakes; arrogance and guilt tactics never solve the problem and are usually remembered forever; blaming others is our way of avoiding change within ourselves; hating on you becomes hating on others.
PASSION
Live each moment; listen intently; appreciate everything!!
FAITH
Believe in yourself; believe you have a lot to offer the world; there is no room for doubt even in the worst of circumstances when humankind's heart is closed, your faith is unyielding. Whatever happens, avoid resistance, and it will lead to good in ways we sometimes can't/won't see.
"Anything essential is invisible to the eyes." Antoine St. Exupery's beautiful words from The Little Prince.
May all the people who have passed along their messages of peace and compassion and who have passed away rest in peace. May the memory of their commitment to COMPASSION live on in all of us who seek a better life for all.
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