Just Look for Peace
Life is swept along, next-to-nothing its span…. drop the world’s bait and look for peace.
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Lessons Learned from Venerable Sumitta: A Good Son Teaches his Mother
As Venerable Sumitta’s mother aged, and as he became an experienced monk, he steered her away from attachment and helped her let go of clinging and move toward a peaceful death.
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Venerable Sumitta: No Stranger to Death
Young Venerable Sumitta was no stranger to death. His father died, when he was three, one of his sisters died when he was nine. Later he would lose his brother to a brain tumor. Once he became a more experienced monk, his family and friends relied on him to help them all through their grief. They looked to Him for wisdom and guidance.
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Friends in the Desert
They are involuntary Buddhist monks. Their monastery is a California State Prison. On that long drive, as we watch the heat waves bounce off the highway or chase the sunset, our discussion usually turns toward gratitude, and learning. We share the gratitude we feel for being allowed to share the dharma with our special desert sangha.
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Lessons Learned from Mary Stancavage: An Undefended Heart
We can be undefended in our grief, by normalizing the fact that death is part of everyday life. We can normalize grief by not placing expectations around what it looks like, what it feels like, and how long it lasts.
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