The truly intriguing thing about Marcus Aurelius quotes, popular as they are, is the combination of profundity and pragmatism each one holds. Sure, there are a lot of people out there reading them, saving them, posting them — but how much of this audience could claim to really be digesting them? Sitting with them, letting …
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Lawrence Hart was angry and cold and ready to go home. He and the other younger Cheyenne were waiting while the elders consulted about how to close the day’s ceremonies, which Hart had found humiliating and infuriating. Hart had recently been elected as a Peace Chief among the Cheyenne. He was also a Mennonite pastor, …
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How do Buddhists deal with anger? It’s a good question, and an important one. Everybody gets angry; whether it’s mild irritation or flaming rage, we experience it every day and there are few of us for whom this is not, at some point, a serious problem. By “problem” I mean “soul sucking, productivity leaching, blood …
This assertion was the bassnote in the symphony of Gandhi’s life. Gandhi said that he learned this from the Bhagavadgita, which says, “Yours is the action, not the result.” Gandhi repeatedly said that he would not have been able to do what he did if he had not focused on the quality of his actions …
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What could be cooler than having mentored Lewis Carrol? How about C.S. Lewis calling you his “master”? Being friends with Mark Twain and Walt Whitman? Being the major inspiration of J.R.R Tolkien? All of this is true of a little known Scottish mystic, poet and writer named George Macdonald (1824-1905). Macdonald wrote dozens of novels …
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