Sangha of Auspicious Companions

September 10, 2012

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10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger

We all have had our moments of impatience, rage and frustration…but how do these moments affect our lives? Get curious about anger, and you just might discover an untapped well of vital energy that improves your life circumstances and wakes you up to the whole of life. This article offers 10 powerful perspectives on anger. { read more }

Be The Change

Reflect on a few of these perspectives the next time you catch yourself on the verge of impatience or anger.

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RELATIVE BODHICHITTA

Relative Bodhichitta is practised on the basis of the ordinary, conceptual mind and is perfectly possible to accomplish, even for a beginner, prodvided he looks within himself and practises properly. When this relative Bodhichitta has been perfected, moreover, absolute Bodhichitta, the wisdom of Vipashyana, the realization of no-self, arises by itself.

We can think of relative Bodhichitta as having two aspects: that of emptiness and that of compassion. To possess both compassion and an understanding of emptiness is like having wheels on one’s car. If all four are present, the car is roadworthy; but if a wheel is missing, it is impossible to go anywhere. Meditation on emptiness without compassion is not the Mahayana path; meditation on compassion where the aspect of emptiness is lacking is not the path either. We need both emptiness and compassion together.

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