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Nothing is permanent or solid; we are free. Everything is interdependent; we are not in control. Suffering arises; we are responsible. everything is like a dream an illusion an hallucination a mirage a reflection in a mirror an echo a fairy city a projection a water bubble lightning a rainbow

Resources of Interest Charter for Compassion Buddhist Global Relief DharmaJiva Northwest Dharma Association Kagyu Changchub Chuling Great Vow Zen Monastery Mahakala Radio If stubborn habits of attachment and aversion are not reversed, then meditation is as meaningless as a gopher hibernating in a hole. ~ Jamgon Kongtrul, Creation and Completion Let the flower of compassion bloom in the soil of kindness. Tend it with the pure water of equanimity in the cool shade of joy. ~ Longchenpa, Kindly Bent to Ease Us Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. ~ Samuel Johnson You're never too poor to pay attention. ~ Jim Dodge Just as the ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, even so this Dhamma has one taste too, the taste of freedom. ~ Buddha, Uposatha Sutta Where there is fixation there is error. ~ Jamgon Kongtrul Cast away decisively Let go with ease Dismantle thoroughly Gently let be ~ Serlingpa memento mori memento vivere Let go of the past. Let go of the future. Let go of the present. ~ Dhammapada 348 Lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you and you will suddenly know everything there is to be known. ~ Winnie the Pooh bhuta bhutati passato see what is as it is