Help sentient beings cultivate maturity and be fully present in themselves!

One is not low because of birth
nor does birth make one holy.
Deeds alone make one low,
deeds alone make one holy.

Sutta Nipāta 1.136

And it takes moment to moment practice to develop equanimity in riding each wave. The best companion for this journey is compassion… everytime I forget and midlessly go after any or every compounded thing, I wrap and hold the experience with a red velvety coat, or velvety red roses that feel so soft and loving to the the inner being. ....

May all creatures, all living things,
all beings one and all,
experience good fortune only.
May they not fall into harm.

“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.”

-Helen Keller

Mind precedes all phenomena,
mind matters most, everything is mind-made.
If with an impure mind
one performs any action of speech or body,
then suffering will follow that person
as the cartwheel follows the foot of the draught animal.

Mind precedes all phenomena,
mind matters most, everything is mind-made.
If with a pure mind
one performs any action of speech or body,
then happiness will follow that person
as a shadow that never departs.

The threshold between right and wrong is pain.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Imagine All the People

Laying the Foundation for Social Action
by Ajahn Pasanno*

the motivation? to contribute in the ending of suffering of sentient beings in what ever small/butterfly-effect-like form. It all however starts in experience of the life within, the cultivation of stillness within; the development of inner being. Only by experientially knowing the path to composure and stillness will I be able to help other sentient beings find be fully present in themselves. The being in the practice… and not the practice of being…....

One who is virtuous and wise
shines forth like a blazing fire;
like a bee collecting nectar
he acquires wealth by harming none.

Generosity, kind words,
doing a good turn for others,
and treating all people alike:
these bonds of sympathy are to the world
what the linchpin is to the chariot wheel.

J?taka 20

If happiness hasn’t been recognized when alone, a group of people will be a cause of distraction.

-Adept Godrakpa, “Hermit of Go Cliffs”