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This is a beautifully written declaration of Buddhist confidence (saddha, faith, conviction) by our American Theravada Buddhist teacher and prolific translator of the Pali canon Bhikkhu Bodhi, founder of Buddhist Global Relief.
It speaks to the quiet, yet transformative work of the Dharma (Truth) the historical Buddha discovered and taught.
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| Compassion and wisdom go hand in hand. |
“We rely on the faith that a law, a principle, an inner truth is silently at work behind the field of
phenomena, supporting generosity [letting go] over miserliness [clinging], compassion over apathy, and altruism [founded on the right view of not-self, the impersonal nature of all phenomena, correctly grasped] over selfishness.
“Hidden by the face of appearances, it’s always there, as integral to the working of the universe as the dance of electrons, the binding of atoms into molecules, and the ceaseless pulsing of the stars.
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“It expands our sense of shared identity until it encompasses the whole, turning labor into love and self-sacrifice into ultimate self-fulfillment.
“And with that we acquire an enriching sense of purpose, a fountain of meaning more rewarding than all the petty trophies of the narrow ego-self.”
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| Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi conducts a weekly virtual meditation over Zoom live from BAUS |
- Bhikkhu Bodhi translations (amazon.com)
- Group Meditation over Zoom with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Bhikkhu Bodhi, BAUS.org (Chuang Yen)
- Bhikkhu Bodhi (president of the Buddhist Association of the United States at Chuang Yen Monastery); Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Pat Macpherson (eds.)
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