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You can never satisfy a driven mind. So a wise person is someone who can give up the ranting of the self to find a more natural tune; they can see how the clamouring and the clutching, the fearing and the grasping, are unnecessary and not worth hosting.
~Ajahn Sucitto

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BDG feature: Book Review: Thus Taught Master Shichiri: One Hundred Gems of Shin Buddhist Wisdom

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BDG feature: The Roadside Dilemma: Cultivating Equanimity in Daily Life

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If you think about the second precept—to refrain from taking that which is not freely given—it requires that...

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... we be honest in our dealings with the world.
So if we carefully observe the precept of not stealing, we’ll see the tendencies of the mind to want to take things that aren’t ours to take.
We probably wouldn’t see these tendencies if we weren’t being asked to reflect upon them in some way.
Hence the second precept can help us to shine a light on some of the more morally questionable areas of our conduct.
~Ajahn Viradhammo

BDG feature: The Dharma of Money, Part 2

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Giving Service To Others Makes Us Happier

The Buddha understood the human mind very well, and pointed out that when we give service and support to others, we become happier within ourselves.
~Ajahn Kalyano

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Nowhere in the world is any real peace to be found. That's the nature of the world. Look within yourself and find it there instead.
~Ven. Ajahn Chah

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...mettā means recognizing otherness, and feeling that it’s okay. We don’t have to make people the same as ourselves, or judge ourselves based on what we think about other people. We don’t have to feel we have to win them over, or feel that they should satisfy our emotional hunger.
~Ajahn Sucitto

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BDG feature: Buddha in a Teacup: Metaphors -- Notes from Linda Leaming on seeking enlightenment in the everyday interruptions of life in Bhutan

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But even though the Buddha placed no constraints on where a gift should be given, he was more specific in his advice when asked how and where to give a gift so as to gain the best results.

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