Search results for: virtue

  1. Book search result icon Head & Heart Together No Strings Attached
     … Several of the samaṇa, or contemplative, movements of the Buddha’s time countered the brahmans’ claims by asserting that there was no virtue in giving at all. Their arguments fell into two camps. One camp claimed that giving carried no virtue because there was no afterlife. A person was nothing more than physical elements that, at death, returned to their respective spheres. That was … 
  2. Book search result icon Head & Heart Together The Lessons of Gratitude
     … Kindness and gratitude are virtues you can cultivate, but they have to be cultivated together. Each needs the other to be genuine—a point that becomes obvious when you think about the three things most likely to make gratitude heartfelt: 1) You’ve actually benefited from another person’s actions. 2) You trust the motives behind those actions. 3) You sense that the other … 
  3. Book search result icon Head & Heart Together The Wisdom of the Ego
     … He taught moral virtue as a gift: when you observe the precepts without ifs, ands, or buts, you give unconditional safety to all other beings, and in return you receive a share of that safety as well. Even when advocating that his disciples abandon their sense of self, the Buddha justified this teaching on the basis of the rewards it would bring. He once … 
  4. Book search result icon Head & Heart Together Strength Training for the Mind
     … will see you through the even greater difficulties of aging, illness, and death. That’s why it’s called practice. • Aim for balance.  The “muscle groups” of the path are three: virtue, concentration, and discernment.  If any one of these gets overdeveloped at the expense of the others, it throws you out of alignment, and your extra strength turns into a liability. • Set interim … 
  5. Book search result icon Head & Heart Together The Power of Judgment
     … To test for integrity, you look for virtue in day-to-day activities, and purity in the teacher’s dealings with others. Does this person make excuses for breaking the precepts, bringing them down to his level of behavior rather than lifting his behavior to theirs? Does he take unfair advantage of other people? If so, you’d better find another teacher. This, however … 
  6. Book search result icon Head & Heart Together The Buddha via the Bible
     … It’s never a matter of trying to figure it all out, rather we pick up these phrases and chew them over, taste them, digest them and let them energize us by virtue of their own nature. Even these ostensibly literal maps may be better read as if they were a kind of poem, rich in possible meanings. 7. To read the Canon as … 
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