Our actions are deeply rooted in our home, the Earth.

Its nourishing soil serves as the cradle for our bodies, minds, and emotions.

With Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

'Spiritual practitioners thrive in unpredictable conditions, testing and refining the inner qualities of heart and mind. Every situation becomes an opportunity...' —Shaila Catherine #DailyDharma buff.ly/2LGORAS

'There is no need to be afraid of having faults, because knowing we have them can help us to improve. If you considered yourself perfect, would you still want to meditate and cultivate your practice?' - Master Sheng Yen

Sooner or later, the realization that we are growing older hits us.

Join Tricycle’s online course, Aging as a Spiritual Practice, to learn the four stages of aging, how to work with fear and cultivate gratitude, and our role as elders.

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'Grief is an expression of the loss of something meaningful, which means I had, at least for a time, the opportunity to experience love—true, real, meaningful, heartfelt love.' - Valerie Brown

'The differences between Buddhist and secular approaches to euthanasia are grounded in dissimilar views about the very biology of the dying process.' —Patricia Anderson
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The notion of an authentic, separate self is more of a fictional construct, born out of the narratives we weave for ourselves.

Simultaneously, it becomes apparent that our shared reality is also a construct of stories.

With Damchö Diana Finnegan

'Instead of death being perceived as gloomy and gruesome and scary, I believe we can talk more about the beauty of death and its connection with life. There can be a space for that.' —Dr. Amanda Stronza #DailyDharma
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'We’re not only Buddhas fully free from attachment and suffering—we’re also humans fully free to get attached, to experience personal love, and to suffer. What great freedom is this!' - Santiago Santai Jiménez

Exploring the iconography of tantric Buddhism’s Mahakala, a class of deities whose wrathful appearance refers not to aggression or anger but to intensity.
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'There can be no love without attention. In cultivating attention, we’re cultivating a possibility for intention and a possibility for connection. Connection is all about love.' - Anne C. Klein Anne C Klein🎟️

'Generosity might be strategically effective or virtuous, but that’s not important. The point is that there is no good reason to love life or each other, yet we do.' —John Tarrant bit.ly/41Rl2oW

We seek the warmth of lovingkindness and compassion.

It's a sensation that we yearn to bathe in, an indulgence that asks for nothing in return.

Bhante Sanathavihari

'The aim of meditation isn’t to eliminate thought, it’s to free ourselves from suffering. As Ajahn Chah points out, our aim is 'to get peaceful… The practice … is for developing wisdom and understanding.'' —Bhikkhu Santi #DailyDharma
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'When we speak with greater skill, our true self—our compassionate, loving self—emerges with gentle ease. So before you speak, stop, breathe, and consider if what you are about to say will improve upon the silence.' - Allan Lokos

A review of Susan Murphy’s new book, A Fire Runs Through All Things, and a discussion of what we can learn from koans amid a climate disaster.
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'One moment of kindness is greater than a hundred years of ordinary life. One moment of perfect attention is greater than a hundred years of kindness.' - Kate Lila Wheeler Kate Lila Wheeler

The key to meditative concentration is not mental, but physical—and you can find it in your lower abdomen.
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Awakening is a journey towards fullness, an expansion driven by the profound, liberatory power of love.

Lama Rod Owens
Lama Rod Owens