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In Buddhism, aging is a spiritual practice

October 11, 2022August 9, 2022 by Tom Davidson-Marx

In Buddhism aging is a practice--Landscape with stars,Henri Edmond Cross

As we approach the last pages of our human story, in Buddhism aging as a spiritual practice encourages us to be softer, more vulnerable, more caring and loving. …

The significance of the Buddhist teaching lies in the fact that it’s not an attempt to tell us how things should be, it’s more a way of bringing our attention to the way things are.

- Ajahn Sumedho

A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from disturbing emotions cleansed, from fear liberated, this is the greatest blessing.

~The Buddha (Mangala Sutta)

When you find your place where you actually are, practice occurs. When you find your way at this moment, practice occurs. Here is the place. Here the way unfolds.

Dogen, 1200 – 1253, Genjōkōan: Actualizaing the Fundamental Point

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