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    More Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist Inspirations
    More Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist Inspirations
    More Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist Inspirations
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    More Daily Wisdom: 365 Buddhist Inspirations

    By Josh Bartok

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    Like its successful predecessor, Daily Wisdom, More Daily Wisdom draws on the richness of Buddhist writings to offer a spiritual cornucopia that will illuminate and inspire day after day, year after year. Sources span a spectrum from ancient sages to modern teachers, from monks to laypeople, from East to West, from poetry to prose. Each page, and each new day, reveals another gem of Daily Wisdom.

    Entries included are from some of Buddhism's best-known figures: the Dalai Lama, Sylvia Boorstein, Bhante Gunaratana (Mindfulness in Plain English), Lama Zopa Rinpoche (Transforming Problems into Happiness), Lama Yeshe (Introduction to Tantra), Ayya Khema (Being Nobody, Going Nowhere) and of course, the Buddha himself.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWisdom Publications
    Release dateFeb 8, 2013
    ISBN9780861717224
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      More Daily Wisdom - Josh Bartok

      MORE DAILY WISDOM

      Wisdom Publications

      199 Elm Street

      Somerville MA 02144 USA

      www.wisdompubs.org

      © 2006 Wisdom Publications

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photography, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system or technologies now known or later developed, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      More daily wisdom : 365 Buddhist inspirations / edited by Josh Bartok.

             p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 0–86171–296–X (pbk. : alk. paper)

      ISBN 978-0-86171-722-4 (ebook)

      1. Buddhist devotional calendars. 2. Buddhist meditations. I. Bartok, Josh.

      BQ5579.M65 2005

      294.3'4432—dc22

      2005025139

      ISBN0-86171-296-X

      First Edition

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      2LR-2OT.2OM

      Special thanks to Kristin Lambert whose assistance was instrumental to the preparation of this work.

      Cover design by Laura Shaw.

      Interior design by Gopa &Ted2, Inc. Set in Weiss 11/15pt.

      Wisdom Publications’ books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability set by the Council of Library Resources.

      Printed in Canada.

      Dedicated to all members of our human family

      throughout space and time.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Preface

      Daily Wisdom

      Bibliography & Index by Book Cited

      Index by Topic

      About Wisdom

      PREFACE

      As the Buddha’s teachings take deep root and begin to come to fruition in America, we have an unprecedented opportunity. For the first time in history, the many streams of Buddhism flow side by side, in some cases intermingling, and in all cases enriching each other.

      We good-hearted seekers responding to the truth of suffering in ourselves and the world are in a position to benefit from centuries—in some cases millennia—of the refined traditions of Buddhist wisdom from all over the world. We are boundlessly lucky to have so many teachers beckoning us further on the path to freedom and great joy. We can hear the ancient Chinese masters of Chan and their modern descendents in the Japanese-derived lineages of Zen; we can be touched by the teachers and treasured ones—lamas and rinpoches—of the Tibetan Vajrayana tradition; we can learn from the renunciants of the School of the Elders, the Theravada tradition; and we can walk together with modern-day monastics and with laypeople striving to manifest the Buddha’s teachings in their lives. What’s more, we have the opportunity to taste the uniquely Western flavors of teaching, as traditional Buddhism stretches its own boundaries in the dialogue with psychology and psychotherapy, social activism and yoga, Judaism and Christianity.

      It is my hope that the diverse teachings in More Daily Wisdom will serve as a series of inspirations, invitations to take this dialogue deeply into our own hearts and minds. And it is my intent that the page-a-day format allows you the spaciousness to mine the true treasure of all of these wise words. I hope you find value in this collection. And may we realize the Way together.

      Josh Bartok

      Somerville, Mass.

      A WORD ON WORDS

      Certain Buddhist words have entered the English language in their Sanskrit forms, and so for ease of reading, More Daily Wisdom uses Dharma, karma, and nirvana even in places where the author of the book from which an excerpt was taken used the Pali words Dhamma, kamma, and nibbana.

      JANUARY 1

      If we are in a good mood when we get up in the morning, if there is a warm-hearted feeling within, automatically our inner door is opened for that day. Even should an unfriendly person happen along, we would not experience much disturbance and might even manage to say something nice to that person. We could chat with the not-so-friendly person and perhaps even have a meaningful conversation. Once we create a friendly and positive atmosphere, it automatically helps to reduce fear and insecurity. In this way we can easily make more friends and create more smiles.

      JANUARY 2

      We may need permission, from time to time, to allow ourselves to relax, to not be so hard on ourselves—to simply be at ease and happy. We need to learn to be kind to ourselves.

      JANUARY 3

      If we are true to the steps we take, the travel makes sense and the journey confirms itself.

      JANUARY 4

      In mindful gratitude

      for such freedom as I have,

      may I overcome

      ignorance and apathy

      and become a force for good.

      JANUARY 5

      One appears before one’s parents as a child, before one’s child as a parent, before one’s husband as a wife, before one’s wife as a husband. At work, the face and form one takes on depend upon the position one occupies. This is our true form. There is no clump called I moving from this spot to that spot, instant by instant. Rather, through particular encounters with particular people, within each encounter, within each transition, something called I makes its appearance. Thus it is that what seems to be outside yourself is, in reality, your complement, that which gives this instant of your life its glow.

      JANUARY 6

      Hell does not exist from its own side; the negative mind makes it up.

      JANUARY 7

      Once I’d achieved my goal I had to admit to myself it wasn’t what I expected and that it did not in fact make everything perfect. And this will happen to anyone who attains any kind of success no matter how it is defined— even if success is defined as complete, unsurpassed, perfect enlightenment. You will discover upon reaching it that whatever it is, it’s not what you expected and nothing is any more perfect than it ever was.

      JANUARY 8

      We can be surprised by the obvious questions beginners ask that perhaps we ourselves could have asked.

      JANUARY 9

      The scriptures say that when the mind indulges in sensual objects, it becomes agitated. This is the usual state of affairs in the world, as we can observe. In their quest for happiness, people mistake excitement of the mind for real happiness. They never have the chance to experience the greater joy that comes with peace and tranquility.

      JANUARY 10

      Wherever a person goes, his deeds, like a shadow, will follow.

      JANUARY 11

      If a thought arises, take note of it and then dismiss it. When you forget all attachments steadfastly, you will naturally become zazen itself. This is the art of zazen. Zazen is the Dharma-gate of great repose and joy.

      JANUARY 12

      The source of our own happiness is within ourselves.

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