Open Heart Sangha

Open Heart Sangha This on-going dharma practice group focuses on the Buddha's teachings and meditation.

Viktor Frankl wrote, “Everything can be taken from a man, but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’...
02/16/2025

Viktor Frankl wrote, “Everything can be taken from a man, but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” What attitude do we choose in the set of circumstances we are faced with today? Do we choose to leave people out or to include them?...

Viktor Frankl wrote, “Everything can be taken from a man, but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” What …

The paramita of renunciation is often thought of as giving up something tan­gible in life. In the sutras the word nekkha...
02/04/2025

The paramita of renunciation is often thought of as giving up something tan­gible in life. In the sutras the word nekkhamma is usually translated as “renunciation.” It’s about renouncing the world and becoming a monk or nun. But, it applies to the lay life as well. According to Webster’s Dictionary, renunciation simply means, to "refrain or abstain." Sylvia Boorstein wrote, “I find it more helpful to think of renounc­ing the habitual patterns of mind that keep me enslaved more than renouncing a particular lifestyle....

The paramita of renunciation is often thought of as giving up something tan­gible in life. In the sutras the word nekkhamma is usually translated as “renunciation.” It’s about renouncing the world…

For so many of us, this is a difficult time. I find the Buddha’s teaching on living in the present moment to be so helpf...
01/25/2025

For so many of us, this is a difficult time. I find the Buddha’s teaching on living in the present moment to be so helpful. My own hopes and fears get me into trouble and create great suffering for me, and consequently others. Living in the story of how it should have been, and now, how it’s going to be, creates heartbreak....

For so many of us, this is a difficult time. I find the Buddha’s teaching on living in the present moment to be so helpful. My own hopes and fears get me into trouble and create great suffering for…

As I look at and read the news, I feel so over whelmed and impotent. I ask, "what can I do?" What comes to mind this mor...
01/18/2025

As I look at and read the news, I feel so over whelmed and impotent. I ask, "what can I do?" What comes to mind this morning is the Dharma taught by the ancient teacher, Shantideva. He said that we can send our loving thoughts, our aspirations offering help and safety, compassion and courage to all beings. In The Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life…...

As I look at and read the news, I feel so over whelmed and impotent. I ask, “what can I do?” What comes to mind this morning is the Dharma taught by the ancient teacher, Shantideva. He …

Stephen Batchelor wrote in 'Buddhism Without Beliefs,' “Anguish emerges from craving for life to be other than it is. In...
01/05/2025

Stephen Batchelor wrote in 'Buddhism Without Beliefs,' “Anguish emerges from craving for life to be other than it is. In the face of a changing world, such craving seeks consolation in something permanent and reliable, in a self that is in control of things, in a God who is in charge of destiny. In yearning for anguish to be assuaged in such ways, we reinforce what creates anguish in the first place; the craving for life other than it is.”...

Stephen Batchelor wrote in ‘Buddhism Without Beliefs,’ “Anguish emerges from craving for life to be other than it is. In the face of a changing world, such craving seeks consolation in …

Thich Nhat Hanh said, “Our happiness and the happiness of those around us depend on our degree of Wise View. Touching de...
12/22/2024

Thich Nhat Hanh said, “Our happiness and the happiness of those around us depend on our degree of Wise View. Touching deep reality, knowing what is going on inside and outside ourselves is the way to liberate ourselves from Dukkha which is caused by wrong perceptions. Right View is not an ideology, a system or even a path. It is the insight we have into the reality of life, a living insight which fills us with understanding, peace, and love....

Thich Nhat Hanh said, “Our happiness and the happiness of those around us depend on our degree of Wise View. Touching deep reality, knowing what is going on inside and outside ourselves is the way …

Nati Garcia wrote on Cultural Survival, “On this day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest period of sunlight occurs....
12/15/2024

Nati Garcia wrote on Cultural Survival, “On this day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest period of sunlight occurs. It is a moment to settle into the bedding of the Earth, tucked beneath the layers of the cold darkness, and to draw in the warmth of the breath to share stories. Storytelling is most prominent during this dark period as it sparks the imagination, generates laughter and truth, and warms the heart, mind, and spirit.”...

Nati Garcia wrote on Cultural Survival, “On this day in the northern hemisphere, the shortest period of sunlight occurs. It is a moment to settle into the bedding of the Earth, tucked beneath the l…

Adyashanti said, “Ego is a movement. It's a verb. It is not something static. It's the after-the-fact movement of mind t...
12/08/2024

Adyashanti said, “Ego is a movement. It's a verb. It is not something static. It's the after-the-fact movement of mind that's always becoming. In other words, egos are always on the path. They are on the psychology path, the spiritual path, the path to get more money or a better car. That sense of 'me' is always becoming, always moving, always achieving....

Adyashanti said, “Ego is a movement. It’s a verb. It is not something static. It’s the after-the-fact movement of mind that’s always becoming. In other words, egos are always on t…

For so many of us, this is a difficult time. I find the Buddha’s teaching on living in the present moment to be so helpf...
11/09/2024

For so many of us, this is a difficult time. I find the Buddha’s teaching on living in the present moment to be so helpful. My own hopes and fears get me into trouble and create great suffering for me, and consequently others. Living in the story of how it should have been, and now, how it's going to be, creates heartbreak....

For so many of us, this is a difficult time. I find the Buddha’s teaching on living in the present moment to be so helpful. My own hopes and fears get me into trouble and create great suffering for…

Thich Nhat Hanh wrote in Peace is Every Step “Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The wel...
11/08/2024

Thich Nhat Hanh wrote in Peace is Every Step “Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, and if we dig deeply in the present moment, the water will spring forth. We must go back to the present moment in order to be really alive. When we practice conscious breathing we practice going back to the present moment where everything is happening....

Thich Nhat Hanh wrote in Peace is Every Step “Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, and if we dig deeply in the present moment, the water will sp…

Thank you, Ram Dass!
07/01/2024

Thank you, Ram Dass!

The more I do inner work, the more my awareness breaks down the boundaries between myself and other people, and the more that happens, the more there’s only “us” instead of “them.” And then the more there’s only “us,” the more the suffering of everyone, and the joy of everyone, becomes my suffering and my joy.
- Ram Dass

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Colorado Springs, CO
80907

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