THOMAS MERTON
The Dalai Lama and Thomas Merton 1968
Thomas Merton and the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama met the Trappist monk Thomas Merton at his exiled home at Dharamsala in India in November of 1968. The Dalai Lama was 33 and Merton was 20 years his senior.
The Dalai Lama met the Trappist monk Thomas Merton at his exiled home at Dharamsala in India in November of 1968. The Dalai Lama was 33 and Merton was 20 years his senior.
My Conversation With the Dalai Lama:
The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (VIDEO)
The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (VIDEO)
To find the peace of mind that alone can replace an aimless search that for many has led to an epidemic of stress, anxiety, and drugs, the Dalai Lama is looking to science to convince a skeptical, increasingly-secular society of the power of contemplation and compassion to change our lives and our world.
Thomas Merton
The Merton Prayer (Prayer of Abandonment)
Fr. Matthew Kelty, OSCO, monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, reads the Merton Prayer:
Transcript of the Prayer of Abandonment
The Merton Prayer (Prayer of Abandonment)
Fr. Matthew Kelty, OSCO, monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, reads the Merton Prayer:
Transcript of the Prayer of Abandonment
His holiness, the Dalai Lama, offers advice on how to deal with
pesky insects, in conversation with Bill Moyers:
pesky insects, in conversation with Bill Moyers:
Centrality of Compassion in Human Life and Society
Dalai Lama
"Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can."
Dalai Lama
"Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can."
Dalai Lama
BUDDHISM (link to Buddhism Page 131:3.1 Page number) Urantia Book Discussion
"I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I’m not talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs or gambling (though I’m not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks."
Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
Thomas Merton
"Detachment from things does not mean setting up a contradiction between 'things' and 'God' as if God were another 'thing' and as if His creatures were His rivals. We do not detach ourselves from things in order to attach ourselves to God, but rather we become detached form ourselves in order to see and use all things in and for God. This is an entirely new perspective which many sincerely moral and ascetic minds fail utterly to see."
Thomas Merton. New Seeds of Contemplation. (New York: New Directions Books), p 21
"Detachment from things does not mean setting up a contradiction between 'things' and 'God' as if God were another 'thing' and as if His creatures were His rivals. We do not detach ourselves from things in order to attach ourselves to God, but rather we become detached form ourselves in order to see and use all things in and for God. This is an entirely new perspective which many sincerely moral and ascetic minds fail utterly to see."
Thomas Merton. New Seeds of Contemplation. (New York: New Directions Books), p 21
"The words 'experience of love' must not be understood in terms of emotional fulfillment, of desire and possession, but of full realization, total awakening - a complete realization of love not merely as the emotion of a feeling subject but as the wide openness of Being itself, the realization that Pure Being is Infinite Giving, or that Absolute Emptiness is Absolute Compassion."
Merton, Thomas. Zen and the Birds of Appetite. (New York: New Directions, 1973) 86
Thought for the Day
Openness is not something to be acquired, but a radical gift that has been lost and must be recovered (though it is still in principle "there" in the roots of our created being.)
Merton, Thomas. Zen and the Birds of Appetite. (New York: New Directions, 1973) 86
Thought for the Day
Openness is not something to be acquired, but a radical gift that has been lost and must be recovered (though it is still in principle "there" in the roots of our created being.)
If we are without human feelings we cannot love God in the
way in which we are meant to love Him - as men. If we do not respond to human
affection we cannot be loved by God in the way in which He has willed to love
us - with the Heart of the Man, Jesus Who is God, the Son of God, and the
anointed Christ.
Thomas Merton. Thoughts in Solitude. (New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux). p.13
It would be absurd to suppose that because emotion sometimes interferes with reason, that it therefore has no place in the spiritual life. Thought for the Day
Thomas Merton. Thoughts in Solitude. (New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux). p.13
It would be absurd to suppose that because emotion sometimes interferes with reason, that it therefore has no place in the spiritual life. Thought for the Day
Dalai Lama
"This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness."
"Love is the absence of judgment."
Dalai Lama
"This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness."
"Love is the absence of judgment."
Dalai Lama
"There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster."
Dalai Lama
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster."
Dalai Lama
≈ Love will transform you, ≈
≈ Striving to love the other, ≈
≈ Opens up your heart. ≈
Sacred Haiku inspired by the Dalai Lama
≈ Striving to love the other, ≈
≈ Opens up your heart. ≈
Sacred Haiku inspired by the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama admired Mother Teresa and had the deepest respect for her. After meeting her, he said she was an example of a compassionate person. Often he told Buddhist monks and nuns to follow the example of Mother Teresa and serve the poorest of the poor in an imitation of her spirit.
≈ I am in revolt ≈
≈ Against correct religions, ≈
≈ Which shrivels up life ≈
Haiku (5-7-5) Thomastwo
≈ God's love frees you up ≈
≈ Removing life's rusty chains ≈
≈ To love the other ≈
Haiku (5-7-5) Thomastwo
≈ Removing life's rusty chains ≈
≈ To love the other ≈
Haiku (5-7-5) Thomastwo
≈ God's love is freedom ≈
≈ Not to justify yourself ≈
≈ But loving others ≈
Haiku (5-7-5) Thomastwo
≈ Not to justify yourself ≈
≈ But loving others ≈
Haiku (5-7-5) Thomastwo
"Oness in God"
Haiku (5-7-5) Thomastwo
Haiku (5-7-5) Thomastwo
“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness ... the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.” Dalai Lama
@DalaiLama Dharamsala
Welcome to the official twitter page of the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Welcome to the official twitter page of the Office of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
There is more:
≈ Reach out to some one, ≈
≈ Make just one person happy, ≈
≈ Share your joy with them. ≈
Haiku (5-7-5) by Thomastwo
≈ Make just one person happy, ≈
≈ Share your joy with them. ≈
Haiku (5-7-5) by Thomastwo
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