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A little bird striving to become a brave eagle bound for enlightenment.

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Everyone, both Buddhist and non-Buddhist, needs permanent liberation from suffering, and pure and everlasting happiness. This wish will be fulfilled through Lamrim practice; therefore it is the real wishfulfilling jewel.

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - “Modern Buddhism” (via dancingdakini)

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No matter how many possessions we acquire, they will not provide us with any lasting happiness and freedom. On the contrary, it is often our pursuit of material possessions that causes our problems. If we want ultimate happiness and freedom from suffering, we must engage in the supreme practices of training the mind. There is no other way.

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - “Universal Compassion” (via dancingdakini)

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This is a very inspiring video about Buddhism in South Africa.

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Compassion and Wisdom in Action

profoundillumination.org

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Buddhism for Children

What great looking books!!

buddhistbooksforchildren.com

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Download this free guided meditation and eBook: fifteenminutemeditation.com

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Meditation has many functions: it overcomes inner problems such as those created by anger, jealousy, attachment, and ignorance; it controls our mind and brings inner peace; it enables us to cultivate virtuous intentions that lead us to perform good actions, and it eliminates non-virtuous intentions that lead us to perform harmful actions.

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - “Joyful Path of Good Fortune” (via dancingdakini)

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Even offering three hundred bowls of food three times a day does not match the spiritual merit gained in one moment of love.— Nagarjuna

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Painting Tara!

Kadampa Art Studio

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emodernbuddhism.com

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Buddha Shakyamuni said “I shall prostrate to the new moon and not to the full moon.” The new moon refers to the first realizations that we develop and the full moon refers to the advanced and qualified realizations of Superior beings. Buddha’s meaning is that since great realizations arise in dependence upon small ones we should protect and honor our first experiences of Dharma.

- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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An old man walking along a beach at dawn noticed a young man ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them into the sea. Catching up with the youth he asked what he was doing.

"The starfish will die if they are still on the beach when the sun roasts them with its mid-morning heat," came the answer.

"But the beach goes on for miles, and there are millions of starfish," countered the old man. "How can your effort make any difference?"

The young man looked at the starfish in his hand and threw it safely in the waves.

"It makes a difference to this one," he said.  Unknown

Learn about the path of compassion and wisdom.

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