pic; Quan Yin, one of the WF Deities, greets and Blesses all who enter our humble Temple H(om)e here in Durango. She faces East…the direction of Illumination…pic by ilg today
In my line of Service,
hec, in my personal life…
double hec; in the karmic/samskaric lives of all Beings;
there is tremendous suffering.
you don’t need to look far to find suffering. it’s already within. just try softening the tightness in our own hips, for instance…
“Be kind to everyone,” taught Buddha, “for everyone is having a difficult time.”
Here is a Practice from my own Teacher i engage to help elevate my efforts compassion for self and others who are suffering;
| “When someone is suffering and you find yourself at a loss to know how to help, put yourself unflinchingly in his or her place. Imagine as vividly as possible what you would be going through if you were suffering the same pain. Ask yourself: “How would I feel? How would I want my friends to treat me? What would I most want from them?”
When you exchange yourself for others in this way, you are directly transferring your cherishing from its usual object, yourself, to other beings. So exchanging yourself for others is a very powerful way of loosening the hold on you of the self-cherishing and the self-grasping of ego, and so of releasing the heart of your compassion.” – Sogyal Rinpoche |
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