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Guantaramera

http://playingforchange.com/episodes/guantanamera/

7 Dangers

Mindful Insight Across Philippines

Published on Apr 12, 2014

Bhante Rakkhita Samanera, an English Buddhist monk exploring the Philippines. Local villagers experience the opportunity to offer spiritual & material support during this residential stay at yoga-healing communities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q93faUcFZJo#t%3D25

Anguttara Nikaya V.57- Upajjhatthana Sutta

I am the owner of my karma.

                                                           I inherit my karma.

                                                         I am born of my karma.
                                                       I am related to my karma.
                                                     I live supported by my karma.
                                 Whatever karma I create, whether good or evil, that I shall inherit.

The Buddha 

Itivuttaka 31

"There are these two things that cause no remorse. Which two? There is the case of the person who has done what is admirable, has done what is skillful, has given protection to those in fear, and has done nothing that is evil, savage, or cruel. Thinking, 'I have done what is admirable,' he feels no remorse. Thinking, 'I have not done what is evil,' he feels no remorse. These are the two things that cause no remorse." ~ 

Indian Buddhism Today

Source: dharmajiva.org/indian-buddhism-today/

Every year a million Dalits gather at the site of the first Conversion to Buddhism in Nagpur, India.

Since 1956, millions of Dalits have responded to Dr. Ambedkar’s appeal to adopt Buddhism and escape the caste system.  Today in thousands of villages and towns the homes of Dalit people have shrines with pictures of the Buddha and Dr. Ambedkar – a man they revere as a Bodhisattva.  Each October over a million Dalit Buddhists come to Nagpur to rally at the site of the original conversion.

Which is First - Mouth or Mind?

Awareness

"Most people don’t seem to really appreciate the value of the work of awareness. They tend to think that the importance of meditation is in the things that they observe. But the objects do not really matter. People also spend a lot of time thinking about the results. They want to experience peaceful states; they want to ‘bliss out’. Then they get attached to these states and to the objects they focus on.

Women in Buddhism Study Initiative, University of Hamburg

Tuesday, May 13, 2014 At 9:01AM

The Dalai Lama With Participants Attending The International Buddhist Congress On Women’s Ordination, Hamburg, 2007. The Congress Inspired An Online Course Organized Through The Women In Buddhism Study Initiative.By Michael Haederle

Asalha Puja