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Dharma In Popular Music: OK Go, “This Too Shall Pass”

This Too Shall Pass (Damian Kulash, Tim Nordwind) You know you can’t keep letting it get you down And you can’t keep dragging that dead weight around Is it really all that much to lug around Better run like hell… read more.

“This Too Shall Pass” by Eckhart Tolle

“According to an ancient Sufi story, there lived a king in some Middle Eastern land who was continuously torn between happiness and despondency. The slightest thing would cause him great upset or provoke an intense reaction and his happiness would… read more.

Dhammapada, Part 17; Anger

Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow. Anger is like a chariot careening wildly. He who curbs his anger is the true charioteer. Others merely hold the reins. With… read more.

Calm Like Still Water; A Talk For Children

  A Talk For Children by Thich Nhat Hanh “You are a lover. You are called a lover when you love someone. When you love someone you want to offer him  or her something. You always want to offer them… read more.

The Duck With the Human Brain

Though it may sound like a bad science fiction movie, “The Duck With the Human Mind” is a chapter in Eckhart Tolle’s book, A NewEarth: Awakening to Life’s Purpose.  In it, Tolle contrasts how ducks work out conflicts quickly and… read more.

The Buddhist Peacock

The Poison Destroying Peacock Mind Training is one of Mahayana Buddhism’s most well known texts. Unlike other “Lojong” or “Mind Training” texts, the Poison Peacock Mind Training utilizes “mental poisons and afflictive emotions as a means to enlightenment, turning them… read more.