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Re: Experience of mantra practice
Experience of mantra practice
Thus have I experienced:
In practical terms, mantras and chants are used to clear mental clutter and then focus the mind.
When I used to attend Dharma talks, our Geshe came to the island once a month to teach. We always began and ended with a chant or mantra. The visits stopped a few years ago.
I start each meditation with a greeting to the universal wisdom and compassion the mind opens to, and I end with gratitude for the experience.
Shoshin1
Re: What documentary are you watching?
Especially for you both, this video about the first ever man to ski down Everest.
Jeroen
Re: What documentary are you watching?
Another climbing documentary. This follows Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson as they attempt to climb The Dawn Wall on El Capitan, what may be the most difficult route ever attempted. Any route that has a pitch (a smaller section along the way) in the 5.14(a-d) is world class elite difficulty and this had several, with a couple 5.14d. In comparison to Alex Honnold's Free Solo the sort of difficulty was just insane, they were grabbing just tiny lips stretching way out.
Anyway, something about watching these I find really calming. People comment about how they're crazy to do it or it makes them nervous, but a part of me feels deeply that I would have loved for this to be my life. The focus and joy of the physicality of it moves me.
Free with ads on CW
https://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-dawn-wall/the-dawn-wall/?play=86a54b01-b184-442c-a41b-084dfab682e8
person
Re: "Walk For Peace" monks in the US from Texas to Washing D.C.
"Meet Aloka, the faithful four-legged companion known as 'The Peace Dog.'
Below is the story of Aloka’s journey:"
He has the heart on his forehead.
NMADDP
Re: "Walk For Peace" monks in the US from Texas to Washing D.C.
The "Walk For Peace" started here video:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VyYUS90m6D4
Last night gather video:
Day 70: Bhante Pannakara shares a touching "Forgiveness Meditation" to heal our inner child
Lunch today stop video:
WALK FOR PEACE Lunch Stop Oglethorpe County Primary School Lexington GA
Currently walking toward night rest location:
Echo Hill Farm
52 Duck Pond Rd, Lexington, GA 30648
NMADDP
"Walk For Peace" monks in the US from Texas to Washing D.C.
Happy New Year to all!!!
The “Walk for Peace” monks are a group of about 19–24 Venerable Monks starting from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, walking 2,300 miles to Washington, D.C. to promote peace, loving‑kindness, compassion, unity, and inner peace. They began their pilgrimage on October 26, 2025, accompanied by Aloka the Peace Dog, who has become a social‑media icon.
Below is the link to the live Google map showing where the venerables are now:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1WDMDOholPxRUjCSK3mbX5NdMuQKWYtc
There are many videos about this online on youtube, tiktok, etc.
Today is their 71st day of "Walk For Peace". The Venerable Monks are currently in Georgia.
During their lunch and night‑rest stops each day, they share practices of forgiveness, compassion, and mindfulness with those who gather.
May we all be peaceful, may we all be happy, and may we all be well.
/\/\/\Amituofo/\/\/\
NMADDP
Re: For the coming year
For the coming year
A practical resolution is to refrain from self-reproach when a resolution is broken. The discipline lies not in perfection, but in how the mind is trained to respond to failure.
Shoshin1
Re: For the coming year
Thanks @Lionduck
Bravo. Well said. I'll join.
NAMO AMITABHA
https://mindfulselfhelp.com/namo-amitabha-embracing-infinite-light-and-life
lobster