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Modern Mantras

jacxjacx
edited May 2008 in Buddhism Today
A young mother in my meditation class taught me her 'patience mantra' today.

[FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Patience, patience,
Got to have patience,
Don’t get angry,
Swo pe he[/FONT]

I love it! Does anyone else have a modern mantra to share?

Comments

  • KnitwitchKnitwitch
    edited May 2008
    Not sure if this qualifies but I use

    May I walk in the Light all the days of my life

    which kind of covers everything (I cheat abominably)
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited May 2008
    "Whatever it is, let it be.
    Let it go, and Stay where you are."

    Seems to work currently....
  • EngyoEngyo
    edited May 2008
    Basically all of Don Miguel Ruiz' Four Agreements:

    The Four Agreements
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited May 2008
    Here's the modern version of an ancient mantra:

    OM MOMMY PAT MY HEAD

    Palzang
  • jacxjacx
    edited May 2008
    Not sure if anyone else out there is a science fiction buff, but I just recently re-read Ursula K LeGuin's The Lathe of Heaven. At the end of the book, the "magic incantation" that rescued the protagonist was With a Little Help from My Friends by the Beatles.

    Makes perfect sense to me!
  • EngyoEngyo
    edited May 2008
    I read a book once by Spider Robinson (can't recall the title) in which a time machine was hijacked by a religious fanatic so he could change history. He wanted to provide two Beatles a cab ride to appear on SNL (late 70's timeframe) which would prevent the ascendancy of those demon-spawn followers of Elvis and allow the cult of the Fab Four to become the religious majoirity.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited May 2008
    Now we're just getting silly....!!
  • srivijayasrivijaya
    edited May 2008
    jacx wrote: »
    Not sure if anyone else out there is a science fiction buff, but I just recently re-read Ursula K LeGuin's The Lathe of Heaven. At the end of the book, the "magic incantation" that rescued the protagonist was With a Little Help from My Friends by the Beatles.

    Makes perfect sense to me!

    Hi jacx,
    Ever read her Earthsea stuff? I love it.

    Anyway back on topic - modern mantra (for all my fellow Brits)

    EDUCATION... EDUCATION... EDUCATION :eek::eek::eek:

    Sorry I know it's not nice to put that here but I couldn't help myself :winkc:
  • IawaIawa
    edited May 2008
    My favorite TNH mantras:

    Breathing in " I have arrived"
    Breathing out " I am home . "

    and

    Breathing in " Present moment."
    Breathing out " Wonderful moment. "
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