From the Ashes
From the Ashes

A Spiritual Response to the Attack on America

May type a bit of this up ... should be some online ... then again, readin off a computer screen can't compare with having a copy in your hot, little hands & sittin in a nice, comfy chair :)

Some links:

A search 4 the book

What I would say to Osama by Thich Nhat Hanh

Lama Surya Das's response - may type some of this up as I can't find it exactly on the web

And here it is -

What would the Buddha do? No one can really say for sure, any more than anyone can say in truth why God sent death to 6000 innocent people that week at the hands of a terrorist attack. (I personally consider it the handiwork of man, not God, and we might do well to look among and within ourselves for the causes.)

However, I am sure that the Compassionate Buddha would stop for a prolonged moment of mindfulness and total attention - silent, centred and present - to pray for all those who have suffered and are suffering, feeling their pain and grief as his own. Buddha would stop and pray for the victims and their families and all worldwide who suffer and have suffered; he would join Jesus in blessing the peacemeakers, while also praying for those who have perpetrated such horrendous crimes.

What would Buddha do? Buddha would move among the wounded, grief-stricken and despairing, with gentle healing hands. Buddha might remind us of the fleeting, ephemeral nature of life in all its forms, and remind us that we might profit by turning toward lasting values and the deeper meaning of life, to help instill in us a sense of the long-range view and the bigger picture.

We condemn wanton acts of violence and destruction. The criminal perpetrators and their aides and abettors must be brought to justice, and terrorism erased from our world as an acceptable form of political or social action in any country of the world.

(For more you'll have 2 buy the book :)

Compassion for terrorists?

What about the Buddhist response

More from the BeliefNet site

No future without forgiveness

Speaking of forgiveness ... or click here

How precious life is (& how fragile)

All people are my family

More about the practice of compassion

What 2 do about anger

The Shambhala Sun site is searchable

Pema Chodron offers a method for generating love & compassion 4 all beings

Beliefnet has plenty 2 say about compassion

Love thy enemy - life's greatest challenge

Let's pray 4 peace

Or here - Twyman is a peace troubador - I love his books!

God is very mysterious

From Desmond Tutu -

Are you willing to believe that even though they are guilty of a diabolical act, they still continue to be children of God - not monsters, not demons but those with the capacity to change?

Eckhart Tolle was not actually part of the Beliefnet book -

Compassion arises when you recognise that all are suffering from the same sickness of the mind, some more acutely that others.

Can we remain mindful instead of angry?

How 2 deal with adversity

More prayers

Beliefnet also has a prayer section

www.emissaryoflight.com

God is unconditional love

Blessed are they who mourn

Meditate on peace

Speakin of meditation

More about compassion

Great quote by Thich

"When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable."

The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become love. That is the mystery.
~ Katherine Mansfield

True salvation is freedom from negativity, and above all from past and future as a psychological need

Great advice from the Heaven letters site - and it is searchable

How to Think Better: The Top 8 Tips from the Last 2500 Years

A different way 2 look at your problems

Continuin the theme - "I am a child of God." (& so is everyone else)

Send pure unconditional love to those trapped in hate

From Bishop Spong - Can we use a moment like this current crisis to seek a new God definition that might fit a new world?

Leads us 2 this interesting site

Website mentioned in one of the stories

May we rest in peace

Krishnamurti is also quoted

The greatest gift of love

Doug Adams is good 4 a quote or 2 :)

Is your mind truly open?

Great piece on unconditional love

What it really means to 'let go'

Poem about karma & also the meek :)

Freedom from suffering

It is comforting to know that the God who guides us sees tomorrow more clearly than we see yesterday

Adversity quotes

A few more at this Christian site

And what about prayer?

Google recommends this as a variation on the latest search

Thoughts about God

Great article about God & suffering - no 'easy' answer

This piece might lighten your mood

Comes from this page of archives - Beacons of Light

Try this for a very different perspective of life on this planet!

Reminds me VERY much of this

You will see this Earth change very rapidly over the next 200 years

What is peace?

www.worldpeacenewsletter.com

Quotes about peace - excellent searchable site

One section had excellent advice on praying for comfort & guidance and there's no one 'correct' way 2 pray

Should type it up - page 83

Don't get trapped in anger

Article by Dan Baker on practical things 2 do in the wake of those images

The first element of healing is acceptance

Bill Hybels on what we can learn - it has the potential 2 be a tranformative event

www.gratefulness.org

Metta means knowing how to be a friend to ourselves and all of life

Yes, Sharon Salzberg's piece is worth it

(That's about it - I highly recommend this book! Especially if you can get it for 5 bucks as I did :)

A few more thoughts & responses

Great advice on praying

How 2 handle difficult people

More about prayer

Just 4 fun - here are a few quotes on various subjects - including mindfulness & love & life & author :)

May all beings be happy

"To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy."
- Thich Nhat Hanh

My own collection of responses & sites following September 11 - some are duds as is the impermanence of cyberspace ...

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