Prana Yoga Of Northport

Many of us wrestle with our response to the sufferings of the country and the world. With the torrent of news, it is easy to despair, to become cynical or numb.... The Buddhist approach to this collective suffering is to turn toward it. We understand that genuine happiness and meaning will come through tending to suffering. We overcome our own despair by helping others to overcome theirs. We might hear this and become afraid of being overwhelmed. But each of us can contribute to the sanity of the world. In doing so we discover the role of the bodhisattva. Bodhisattva is the Sanskrit word for a being who is devoted to acting for the benefit of all that lives. The bodhisattva’s path is a striking contrast with the excessive individualism of our culture. When the world is seen with the eyes of a bodhisattva, there is no I and other, there is just us. We are not separate, we are interdependent, declared the Buddha. Nothing is separate. Unless we understand this, we are split between caring for ourselves or caring for the troubles of the world. We human beings can live with more compassion, with more care for one another. We are limited only by our imagination. http://ow.ly/RBvJ30qqW6G See more

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