By Debra Basham, on January 22, 2025 Today is my birthday.
As my birthday ritual I did an audio Mudita meditation with John Orr from an online retreat day April 11, 2021. Mudita is a Sanskrit and Pali word that means “sympathetic joy” or “appreciative pleasure”. It’s a Buddhist concept that involves feeling joy for the good fortune of others.
The […]
By Debra Basham, on May 29, 2023 Buddhist philosophy offers a list of eight worldly concerns (Eight Worldly Dhammas) that lead to suffering. We pursue pleasure, fame, gain, and praise while avoiding pain, insignificance, loss, and blame. They are laid out in pairs so, like two ends of a stick, you cannot pick up one without also picking up the other.
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By Debra Basham, on June 29, 2022 Thought for Today
Imagine a whole world of beings deeply committed to expressing themselves with some kind of beauty, not necessarily physical beauty but beauty of generosity of spirit, of kindness. Imagine a world where this can flourish. Here we have the imaginal cells at work.
So, if we talk about what conditions are […]
By Debra Basham, on February 9, 2021 one breath at a time letting it all go again heart breaking open
how many times now? an eternity of time one more breath dear one
one more breath again what more can one do than this? eternity now…
~ A Haiku by Debra Basham February 4, 2021
Just prior to this haiku coming […]
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