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Relationship with Your Parents - Filial Piety [2]
“A Buddhist’s Way of Reducing Family Stress and Relationship Conflicts” Excerpt 2 Talk by Doug Powers at 3rd Annual DRBY Conference, May 2001 Looking At Yourself Deeply With the relationship with your parents, the first thing is that you are going to be mostly like your parents. So, this is a truth that is just a truth-it... »
Problems Anyone? [1]
“A Buddhist’s Way of Reducing Family Stress and Relationship Conflicts” Excerpt 1 Talk by Doug Powers at 3rd Annual DRBY Conference, May 2001 Problems Anyone? From a participant: My own reason for being here is my own relationship with my parents, and the type of conflicts and stress that we encounter. We have problems like every... »
Bowing – The Practice of No-Judgment
Bowing is an ancient rite. It seems quite strange and foreign—especially in America. But I have been bowing to my parents. It is not because I believe in ancestral worship but because I appreciate their presence in me. Because I can apprehend them, I can truly respect them – a duality that exists in unity. – Looking... »
Lost? — Gratitude towards Parents
Gratitude towards parents is an important virtue in Buddhism as the relationship with one’s parents as a profound impact on one’s spiritual growth. There are many Buddhist texts that describe how “difficult it is repay the kindness of parents,” for instance, the Earth Store Sutra, Anguttara Nikaya, and the Sutra that bears the exact name... »