Loving Kindness is Realistic:

http://lotusgardens.org/teachingsonline/JKR-LovingKindnessIsRealistic-110713.cfm

Loving Kindness is Realistic:

A Teaching on Bodhicitta

HE Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche
Kalachakra Empowerment, Verizon Center, Washington, DC
July 13, 2011

During the Kalachakra empowerments in Washington DC with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in July of 2011, HE Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche bstowed an evening teaching on the topic of bodhicitta to a crowd of several thousand.

Note: due to a technical problem, the final 5 minutes of the teaching were not recorded, however the essential meaning of the teaching is complete.

http://www.jellyfishwhispers.com/2012/07/a-poem-by-pd-lyons.html

Jellyfish Whispers

A Poem by pd lyons

only august

crows

almost quiet

only feather sounds

rising

almost still

only slow

steady beating

as if horses

finally

taught themselves

to march in order

across the fields

almost green

only smoky

spiral dust

almost damp descending

mirage

as if insects

finally taught themselves

to sing

like falling rain

across midday

almost yawning

only august

 

 

pd lyons has been writing for a long time now and hopes to continue doing so for even longer. Work has appeared in many mags & zines through out the world. Has two collections of poetry published by Lapwing Press Belfast. For further info please visit pdlyons blog for poetry publishing info and new releases:
http://pdlyons.wordpress.com/

About the Editor

A.J. Huffman

A.J. Huffman is a poet and freelance writer in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has previously published four collections of poetry: The Difference Between Shadows and Stars, Carrying Yesterday, Cognitive Distortion, and . . . And Other Such Nonsense. She has also published her work in national and international literary journals such as Avon Literary Intelligencer, Writer’s Gazette, and The Penwood Review. Find more about A.J. Huffman, including additional information and links to her work on faceboook and twitter.

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Animal Freedom Day Please join the Hartford Karma Thegsum Choling and Tara Shedrup centers in participating in Animal Freedom Day. Be a veggie for a day… or two or three. Alternatively, you can also choose to offer a gift of life and protection through the practice of “Life Release.” Find out more about this Buddhist practice at Chodron Foundation Global Life Release Movement and Karma Triyana Dharmachakra. You can also participate by donating to Animal Farm Sanctuaries at http://woodstocksanctuary.org/about/mission/ or http://www.farmsanctuary.org/. On July 28th, 29th and 30th, we will not consume any animal products as part of Animal Freedom Day. Animal Freedom Day is a global event that aims to raise awareness towards the environmental crisis, human health and animal welfare. People all over the world will abstain from eating meat on these three days or engage in the practice of Life Release. Please make a difference, help us bring compassion to animals and the earth. Find out more about Animal Freedom Day. And watch the trailer for the new movie, Don’t Eat Me. The Tara Shedrup Center, Hartford KTC, and Chodron Foundation Global Life-Protecting Movement are working to put kindness in motion to humans, animals, the planet, and to create a more peaceful, harmonious, and sustainable world. All beings tremble before violence. All fear death, all love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? - The Buddha Useful Links Veggie Recipes: Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Compassionate Cuisine Chef, Kevin Archer Is Meat the Most Inefficient Food? Animals are capable of so much more compassion, love, bravery, and ingenuity than most people realize. Here are 14 incredible stories that reveal their hidden depths. A very moving speech by Phillip Wollen in Melbourne, Australia Earthlings (documentary) Farm Sanctuaries Farm Sanctuary Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary

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this way

…almost there

Three Greys from Ravens by pd lyons

Three Greys

On the floor

Looking up

skylight

Shapes of blue

edge into disappeared.

Where the world ends

Does sky begin?

Faucet chromed

Pitted bright ‘n dark

Bumpy capitol C

Marks an asterisk tap

Turned

Brown sputter brown

Pop pop popping

Until clear n smooth

Soft morning

Bird song people

I cannot see walk

Hearing their voices

Dogs bark

 

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