As for myself, the answer to the question, "What is Good?" is some combination of the #WiccanRede, the #GoldenRule, and the #libertarian principle of #nonaggression, as articulated by John Sherwin Crosby in "The Orthocratic State" (1915).
1. "And ye harm none, do as thou wilt."
2. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you."
3. No human being should interfere with or infringe upon any natural right of another.
All of which are to some extent redundantly expressing the same idea.
“Awakening isn't snobbish about where and when it reveals itself, so we probably shouldn't be, either."
~ Joan Sutherland
*full post w/ commentary:
https://themettagarden.com/2024/05/11/may-awakening-spring-forth/
may hearts open, may wisdom arise, and may awakening spring forth!
~j
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#awakening #OpenHearts #love #compassion #nonaggression #nonviolence #wisdom #bodhisattvas #Nagarjuna #JoanSutherland #JinpaLhaga #JMWart
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The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences.
What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature, and its power is never diminished.
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Deng Ming-Dao
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#nonaggression #nonviolence #TruePower #TrueInfluence #moon #nature #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #art #Taoism #DengMingDaoQuote
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#MoralClarity #interdependence #awareness #NoHate #love #courage #strength #NoHarm #nonaggression #nonviolence #ethics #OpenHeart #EngagedBuddhism #path #practice #JinpaLhaga
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what we are witnessing is devastating.
please don’t lose sight of love.
*full post:
https://themettagarden.com/2024/02/11/bearing-witness-to-devastation-dont-lose-sight-of-love/
~j
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#Rafah #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #war #violence #destruction #delusion #suffering #OpenHeart #love #nonaggression #wisdom #path #practice #PemaChodronQuote
#JinpaLhaga
revenge is death.
violence begets violence.
*full post:
https://themettagarden.com/2024/01/13/revenge-is-death/
~j
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#war #violence #aggression #peace #nonviolence #nonaggression PlantingSeeds #JinpaLhaga #ConfuciusQuotes
we have a choice in the reality we create.
what seeds are we, each of us, planting today? seeds of fear and violence? or seeds of love, kindness, faith in goodness, tenderness, and nonaggression?
https://themettagarden.com/2023/04/22/we-have-a-choice-in-the-reality-we-create/
may hearts open, may sanity and wisdom arise.
~j
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#GunViolence #GunReform #PlantingSeeds #Nonaggression #Nonviolence #Love #OpenHeart #SitDownRiseUp #PlantingSeeds #Path #Practice #EngagedBuddhsim #JinpaLhaga
a practice at this time for our time. with open hearts and steady minds, may we engage this world and all that arises and falls away.
https://themettagarden.com/2023/02/11/a-practice-at-this-time-for-our-time/
~j
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#Bravery #Nonaggression #NoFear #OpenHeart #SteadyMind #Path #Practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #PemaChodron #PemaChodronQuotes
what do we do? what do we do as individuals in the face of these challenges? we begin with ourselves, our own heart, our own mind. we train with them and practice with them in a way that isn’t aggressive and promotes equanimity…
https://themettagarden.com/2023/01/20/challenging-the-culture-of-violence/
~j
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#nonviolence #nonaggression #peace #OpenHeart #sanity #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #GerardVanderhaarQuotes
Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐
Jaysen Waller
