Fifth Precept Sangha

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One of the most painful barriers we can experience is the sense of isolation the modern world fosters,which can only be broken by our willingness to be held,by the quiet courage to allow our vulnerabilities to be seen.

– Mark Nepo [source: The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have]

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10 am (US Pacific)
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Every day you must unlearn the ways that hold you back.You must rid yourself of negativity, so you can learn to fly.

– Leon Brown (attributed)

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The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to.

~ Jack Kornfield    [source: Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters]

Wednesday, 16 October 2024
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Thursday, 17 October 2024
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10 am (US Pacific)
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Managing your impulsive, emotional chimp as an adult will be one of the biggest factors determining how successful you are in life.

– Professor Steve Peters   [source: The Chimp Paradox: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness]

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Life is so fragile, no more than a bubble blown to and fro by the wind.
How astonishing to think that after an out-breath, there will be an in-breath or that we will awaken after a night’s sleep.

– Nagarjuna   [source: As quoted in Chapter 2 of Lessons From The Dying by Rodney Smith]

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Be disciplined about what you respond and react to. Not everything or everyone deserves your time, energy and attention. Stay in your light.

– Anonymous

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So there is a place every day for a little rejoicing, a rejoicing in one’s own good fortune and good work. And when we practice this – even in ordinary daily life – it comes so naturally to rejoice in the good fortune and good qualities of others.

– Bhante Bodhidharma [source: Encouragement Towards Awakening]

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Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, “I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.

~ Jack Kornfield    [source: Attributted]

Wednesday, 18 September 2024
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Thursday, 19 September 2024
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10 am (US Pacific)
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The most important thing is to remember the most important thing.

– Suzuki Roshi   [source: Attributed]

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To change your life, you have to change yourself.
To change yourself, you have to change your mindset.

– Anonymous

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