By Norman Fischer — 2017
On the Buddhist path, says Zen teacher Norman Fischer, our intention deepens into commitment and then into vow. At that point, our intentions and our life become one.
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CLEAR ALL
A systematic approach to cultivating positive traits.
In this article, we examine what character is and look at what you can do to develop it. We’ll also examine how you can defend your character by standing your ground.
The qualities of character develop through an interplay of family, school, and community influences and the child’s individual temperament, experiences, and choices. Parents have many opportunities and tools to build their children’s character.
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We have all experienced, at one time or another, situations in which our professional responsibilities unexpectedly come into conflict with our deepest values.
If you want to build a sustainable personal brand, focus on your personal character early and often.
Is it still possible to live like a monk when you have seven million followers on Instagram?
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The word "love"—one of the most compelling in the English language—is commonly used for purposes so widely separated, so gross and so rarefied, as to render it sometimes nearly meaningless.
Loving-kindness is defined in English dictionaries as a feeling of benevolent affection, but in Buddhism, loving-kindness (in Pali, Metta; in Sanskrit, Maitri) is thought of as a mental state or attitude, cultivated and maintained by practice.
More and more, we live in bubbles. Most of us are surrounded by people who look like us, vote like us, earn like us, spend money like us, have educations like us and worship like us. The result is an empathy deficit, and it’s at the root of many of our biggest problems.
Karma is a word everyone knows, yet few in the West understand what it means. Westerners too often think it means "fate" or is some kind of cosmic justice system. This is not a Buddhist understanding of karma, however.