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I was sitting on the couch in my living room, when there was a sudden flutter of wings outside, a loud doing sound from the upstairs window, a cloud of grey and white feathers and a bird collapsing to the Earth. It twitched a few times and lay still. It was a pigeon. My mother and I approached it with a cardboard box after a few minutes, wearing latex gloves. The body was lim...

I came across this video of Sadhguru visiting Bodh Gaya, and taking questions from a number of Buddhist monks. It is interesting to see what their concerns are — not how to interpret the Buddha, but how to honour him; how to bring an end to war and conflict; what Sadhguru’s doubts are.

One of the things Sadhguru said was, if we create enough meditators, people who rea...

Hi everybody

Buddha Shakyamuni spoke about the benefits of a lovingmind and in fact, Maitreya will attain complete unsurpassed awakening through the practice of metta or lovingkindness!

I would love to discuss metta with you.

Peace is hard
War is easy
Peace is constant effort
Peace is dialogue
Peace is a slow, careful cultivation
Peace requires constant attention
To be tended to as a beautiful garden
Or a forest strong yet vulnerable
If neglected
Tended carelessly or lazily
Even a 100,000 acres of trees and grass
may be s destroyed by one glowing ember.<...

I'm back to realize my faults and change my habits. It's good to be home.