from The Sun My Heart, Thich Nhat Hanh
Peace and compassion go hand in hand with understanding and nondiscrimination. We choose one thing over another when we discriminate. With the eyes of compassion, we can look at all living reality at once. A compassionate person sees himself or herself in every being. With the ability to view reality from many viewpoints, we can overcome all viewpoints and act compassionately in each situation.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Answers From The Heart
The teaching of the Buddha aims at helping us to generate the energy of love and understanding. If we can practice that energy, it will first of all help us to satisfy our need to be loved. And then, with that capacity of love and understanding, we can embrace the people who are with us now. We can make them happy while we are happy ourselves.
I have copied this information from the Dialogue on Race Facebook page so that you can be informed about what is happening here in Cville.
Maggie and I are attending the Tuesday evening Circle. Hope to see some of you there…
Dialogue on Race is Back (bet you knew that already!) Come be part of a community initiative to translate dialogue into action. To learn more about the Dialogue on Race, please visit our website or call us at (434) 970-3023. we will have 2 different days of the week for meetings. YOu can choose either Tuesday or Saturday meeting days.
Our Weekday Study Circles will be kicking off on Sept. 26 from 6-9 pm at the Jefferson School Heritage Center. The Study Circles will meet once a month for 3 hrs from September through November with some reading materials to accompany the curriculum. To sign up to be a part of a weekday study circle, tell us you’re coming on this event and please fill out our application, which can be dropped off/mailed to the Office of Human Rights 106 5TH St. NE OR you can email it to dialogue@charlottesville.org
* Childcare will be made available upon request
** refreshments will be provided
Upcoming Times
Tue Sep 26 6:00 PM
Tue Oct 3 6:00 PM
Tue Nov 14 6:00 PM
Our Saturday Study Circles will be kicking off on Sept. 30 from 1-4 pm at the Jefferson School Heritage Center. The Study Circles will meet once a month for 3 hrs from September through November with some reading materials to accompany the curriculum. To sign up to be a part of a Saturday study circle, tell us you’re coming on this event and please fill out our application, which can be dropped off/mailed to the Office of Human Rights 106 5TH St. NE OR you can email it to dialogue@charlottesville.org
* Childcare will be made available upon request
** refreshments will be provided
Upcoming Times
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#233 The Sun Always Shines
Your True Home, Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh
When it is raining, we think there is no sunshine. But if we fly high in an airplane and go through the clouds, we rediscover the sunshine again. We see that the sunshine is always there. In a time of anger or despair, our love is also still there. Our capacity to communicate, to forgive, to be compassionate is still there.
You have to believe this. We are more than our anger; we are more than our suffering. We must recognize that we do have within us the capacity to love, to understand, to be compassionate. If you know this, then when it rains you won’t be desperate. You know that the rain is there, but the sunshine is still there somewhere. Soon the rain will stop, and the sun will shine again. Have hope. If you can remind yourself that the positive elements are still present within you and the other person, you will know that it is possible to break through, so that the best things in both of you can come up and manifest again.
