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How to cultivate compassion to become wisely compassionate
Compassion is both nature and nurture. We are all born with some degree of compassion, which should be tempered with reason, and nurtured like a seedling so it won't wither. And it will grow if we practice by looking inward, and reducing our vexations.
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Mutual affinity in Ch'an Buddhism - Meeting of the minds
Intuitive meeting of minds is pointing directly to the human mind regarding the insight to reality. This requires one to have experienced some degree of enlightenment, which is beyond the expressio...
How to Eliminate Anxiety and Fear
We often suffer from fear and anxiety due to lack of confidence. If we can strive to understand ourselves and our surroundings, and be prepared in advance, there is no need to fear. Fear won't ...
The surnames of monastic
Buddhist monks in China all use the surname Shi derived from Shakya—Shakyamuni Buddha's clan name—which shows that they are children of Shakyamuni Buddha. We should only ask monasti...