Yesterday while at work I found out through a coworker that my birth father is having severe health problems. My father and I haven't spoken in about a decade he was a very abusive man to both his wife and children when I was growing up. Now I know in the Dharma we are tought One should take care ...

Hello everyone, I came to post these Buddhist phrases that I appreciate a lot :v: :blush: :boy: :pray: ╔═━────━▒ ۞ ▒━────━═╗ All that we are is the result of what we think; is based on our thoughts and is made of them.  Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Rejoice that every place is here and e...

So to clarify things I have been practicing jodo Shindhu ( Shin Buddhism) for nine years now. I consider myself a pretty devout Shin Buddhist, I 100% surrender to lord Amida and view myself as a Refugee in need of his help and light and I love my Lord with my whole being. That being said in the pur...

Guru, genuine, perfect, great spiritual friend - I pray that you bless me. I pray that you cause extraordinary love, comion, and bodhicitta to arise within me. Guru, genuine, perfect, great spiritual friend – I pray that you bless me. I pray that you cause extraordinary love, comion, and bo...

all the buddhas, bodhisattvas, and enlightened beings are present at all moments to help us... all we need to do to receive direct help is to ask... and yet asking is what we find hardest. many of us, i feel, hardly know how to ask. sometimes it is because we are arrogant, sometimes because we are...

When you have anger, this inner anger is reflected back and the enemy appears outside. If you try to destroy your enemy with anger, the other side will also become angry, and the situation will escalate. Even if you destroy one enemy, there will be another enemy, and more and more enemies will arise...

When I’m alone In the middle of the crowd I’m so unsure Surrounded by my own doubts You’ve found the way To be free from sufferings Like fresh water Waking me up from delusion You come and save me Give me all the strength You’re the power of my life A warrior of true light A guide for blinded hearts...

may the many sentient beings who are sick, quickly be freed from sickness. and may all the sicknesses of beings never arise again.

if there is love, there is hope to have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. if the love within your mind is lost, if you continue to see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education you have, no matter how much material progress is made, only suff...