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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Listening to Robert Thurman

Yesterday I was listening to Robert Thurman on hayhouseradio.com. Here are some gems that fell from his lips:
Nirvana is blownawayness.
Selflessness is the creative side of you that does not give in to the self that has internalized fear and despair; it is the door to the heart.
Wisdom is the doorway to compassion.
Be open. Be willing to be surprised.
In the Burmese meditation tradition, you offer loving kindness to yourself, and then work your way out to extend loving compassion to your friends, relatives, neutral people, difficult people, and to all beings. You breathe in and breathe out as you focus on this loving compassion exercise--may all beings be safe; may all beings be happy.
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2 comments:

  1. RichNovember 21, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    Thurman seems to have some good ideas. I have never heard of him before.

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  2. PramilaNovember 21, 2010 at 6:00 PM

    He is one of the foremost scholars in the U.S. on Buddhism. He teaches at Columbia University.

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