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‘Daily Dhamma’.

insights for daily reflection and practice….

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The way other people are is their concern. The point is not whether they are good or bad but whether you are…

Suggestions for Reflection and Practice:

Start by sitting comfortably on a cushion or chair, hands together in prayer position at heart centre, eyes closed. Take a few deep breaths to centre. Then open the heart and still the mind in order to work with both to answer your questions with love and wisdom:

  • chant x3 (minimum** >108) — Om Mani Padme Hum
  • prostrate x3 (minimum) — move to knees, sit back on heels, hands together in prayer position at heart centre, lower forehead to touch the floor moving hands below shoulders ie. bow to the Buddha, raise up to start position pulling shoulders slightly back to open the heart
  • meditate 5 minutes (minimum) — return to sitting, watch the breath entering/ leaving at the nostrils to calm the mind
  • reflect: Ask yourself, ‘Am I good or bad?’ ‘Why do I think this?’ — see what comes to mind, focus on it and gently ask yourself, ‘Is what I dislike in others a reflection of myself?’ Waiting for the response — we want this to come from the heart not the head — continue to reflect on any insights which come to you then re-affirm: ‘The way other people are is their concern. The point is not whether they are good or bad but whether I am’. Sit with this for as long as you are comfortable.
  • return to meditation/ peaceful stillness for a few minutes, if this feels correct, and release when ready

[** work in multiples of 3 and do however much feels comfortable and what time allows. It’s okay to start with 3 and work up to 108].

May this teaching lead you to happiness; may it help you grow in truth. May we all be freed from the suffering of birth and death.

With much metta 🙏

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