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Sending Metta After Road Rage

January 30, 2015 by Aaron Graves

OK, so maybe road rage is a bit of a stretch. Or harsh. So I’m getting off the interstate. There are two exit lanes, I’m in the left of the two lanes. Someone in the right lane blows past me, only to get in front of me quickly because they wanted to turn left, and …

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Categories Buddhism / Dudeism, Life Tags anger, frustration, metta, mindfulness, road rage Leave a comment

Top 10 Scientific Benefits of Compassion

January 15, 2014 by Aaron Graves

Top 10 Scientific Benefits of Compassion (Infographic) by Emma Seppälä, Ph.D.

Categories Buddhism / Dudeism Tags benefits, Buddhism, compassion, metta, science Leave a comment

A Buddhist Prayer of Forgiveness

January 15, 2014 by Aaron Graves

If I have harmed any one in any way, either knowingly or unknowingly through my own confusions, I ask their forgiveness. If any one has harmed me in any way, either knowingly or unknowingly through their own confusions, I forgive them. And if there is a situation I am not yet ready to forgive, I …

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In True Giving

January 13, 2014 by Aaron Graves

In true giving:— We will know loving-kindness when we wish others to be happy. We will know compassion when we wish them to be free from suffering. We will know sympathetic joy when we wish their happiness to increase. We will know equanimity when we let go of what we desire. May all beings be …

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Categories Buddhism / Dudeism Tags Buddhism, compassion, desire, giving, happiness, joy, loving-kindness, metta Leave a comment
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Hi, I’m Aaron Graves.

Voluntaryist, Entrepreneur, Writer, Hobbyist Programmer, and PhDude.

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