It’s been hard to keep up with my RSS reader over the Christmas break, we spent much of it away from computers and while I had my little fix of Facebook for mobile and caught up on a couple of my favourite blogs via the web browser on my blackberry, the service where I was [...]
January 9, 2009
Categories: Faith, Inspiration, Life . Tags: buddhism, buddhist, consequences . Author: Justine . Comments: 1 Comment
From A Buddhist Perspective:
Birth – Death
The end, separation, loss, sadness, regret.
Death – Birth
A new beginning, continuation, possibility, another chance.
It’s all in how we choose to look at phenomenon.
From habit or with wisdom.
December 21, 2008
Categories: Faith . Tags: buddhism, death, enlightenment, Life, perspective . Author: Justine . Comments: Leave a Comment
My wishlist for this Christmas is pretty simple. Being Buddhist, I feel weird even having a Christmas wishlist, but because it’s such a broadly celebrated commercial holiday in Australia, I find it hard to avoid. So my wishlist is a little different, but in keeping with my beliefs.
I’d like anyone intending to buy me a [...]
December 9, 2008
Categories: Faith, Life . Tags: charity, christmas, donation, list, wishlist . Author: Justine . Comments: Leave a Comment
The next installment in the Dictionary of Me is based on the Buddhist principles of Gratitude. There is a lovely little blog I read called A Buddhist Perspective and it succinctly describes what I refer to:
The practice of gratitude is very important in Buddhism. But so often, we forget about feeling grateful. When things [...]
May 4, 2008
Categories: Dictionary of Me, Faith . Tags: attitude, buddhism, Faith, gratitude, optimism, thank you, thanks . Author: Justine . Comments: 2 Comments
Several years ago I was given a book that introduced me to many of the teachings of the Buddha – prior to this I had always remained relatively disinterested in all types of ‘organised religion’ or faith. I think the main reason for this was the alarming degree of contradiction that I have found, [...]
January 25, 2008
Categories: Faith, Inspiration . Tags: buddha, buddhism, buddhist, Faith, giving, happiness, meditation, religion . Author: Justine . Comments: 1 Comment