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(photo by Glen Anderson)
I had the opportunity to see Reverend Jim Lawson on two occasions during his several day visit to Olympia, Washington. Reverend Lawson was in Olympia to address the community about the concerns of the social justice and peace movement in regard to recent disruptions and hostility and outbursts of violence.
Reverend Lawson is a war resister who served 13 months of a 3 year prison sentence for refusing induction to service the war in Korea, instead of seeking Conscientious Objector status.
After he was released from prison, he traveled to India where he studied Satyagraha, aka Gandhian nonviolence.
He was active in the Southern Black Liberation Movement of the 50's and 60's, and has dedicated his life to the cause of bettering the world through the dedicated practice of nonviolence and social movement organizing, as exemplified by Jesus of Nazareth.
Lawson led the first wave of Freedom Riders into Jackson, Mississippi in 1961. He is a brilliant man and a tremendous leader. Read more about his visit from the Evergreen website: www.evergreen.edu/news/archive/2008/05/jameslawson.htm
Thank you Rev. Jim Lawson for your visit to the City and Community of Olympia, Washington.
bhangarh fort ruins, alwar, rajasthan
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Theme: compassion. My friends separate their recycling and leave the bottles on the curb to make it easier for the guys who collect the bottles out of trash and recycling
bins.
"The truly compassion makes us truly human and prevents us turned to stone, as the monsters of wickedness of legends."
Anatole France
Pena National Palace (Sintra, Portugal)
I've visited many Compassion International projects in the last few years. From Guatemala, Uganda, Philippines, and here in Haiti. I'm blown away every time by the hope these children have despite living in such dire situations. This picture gets me because of the look on this kids face. He was so proud to hold that sign (he made it by the way, not us.)
For those of you unfamiliar with Compassion International, they are literally changing the lives of over a million children in poverty around the world. This is only possible through sponsorships from you and me. If you want to know more about Compassion, you can contact me or visit their website at Compassion.com
This painting has a story behind it. A doctor friend of mine came to me and asked me to reproduce this picture for him. He told me that the little girl in the picture has a terminal illness, and probably wouldn't live much longer. I felt honored to be asked to do such a painting. In the painting her father is holding his daughter, and the doctor told me that they praying so that she might get better. I don't know how the little girl is doing, but I am moved everytime I see this painting, or a photo of it.
avalokiteshvara. tibetan monks visit and create a Compassion sand mandala.
this is going on all week right nearby at the parrish museum(!). the energy is such a gift and reminder ..
thank you universe.
I am in a big breath training this weekend. I rise at 4 am each day, entering the ambrosial pre-dawn hours of stillness and quiet.
A very unusual indoor selfie practice today, though I cherish the rose gold glow cast by soft lights in my practice space. A moment of lovingly touching in.
photo attribution: sean dreilinger durak.org
Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D.
Mind and Life Institute
Educated both in classical Tibetan system and Cambridge University, Thupten Jinpa has been the principal English translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama for over two decades.
Jinpa is an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University, Montreal, and the president of the Institute of Tibetan Classics. He is also a founding member of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), Stanford University, where he was the main author of CCARE?s eight-week Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) program. Currently, Jinpa is the Chairman of the Mind and Life Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting dialogues and collaborations between contemporary science and contemplative insights and perspectives.
view Thupten Jinpa - Can Compassion be Cultivated? - TEDxSanDiego 201 on a black background.