Parallelism

Mary continually refers to the students' poor parallel construction.  I am learning a lot about grammar working with her. 

For example, I appreciate Mary's poise, intelligence, and sense of humor.  (this sentence is badly parallel constructed).  What I mean to say is that I appreciate Mary's poise, her intelligence, and her sense of humor.  The wikiarticle says proper parallelism gives more focus and form to each item, thus bringing more focus to the writing as a whole.

good stuff.

Candles

Transferring Merit 

When a candle is lit in a dark room, it illuminates the room to some extent, but its power is limited. But if you use the same candle to light another candle, the total brightness increases. If you continue to do this, you can fill the room with brilliant illumination. The idea of transferring merit to others is like this. If we keep our own light selfishly hidden, it will only provide a limited amount of illumination. But when we share our light with others, we do not diminish our own light. Rather, we increase the amount of light available to all. Therefore, when others light our candle, we issue forth light. When out of gratitude we use our candle to light other people’s candles, the whole room gets brighter. This is why we transfer merit to others. This kind of light is continuous and inexhaustible.

- Master Sheng Yen from "Rich Generosity" (Spring 2009)

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The Ticket

Abundant Equanimity 

'Equanimity, one of the most sublime emotions of Buddhist practice, is the ground for wisdom and freedom and the protector of compassion and love. While some may think of equanimity as dry neutrality or cool aloofness, mature equanimity produces a radiance and warmth of being. The Buddha described a mind filled with equanimity as “abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility, and without ill-will.”'

- Gil Fronsdal from "A Perfect Balance" (Winter 2005)

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Householder Dharma

'“Meditate on those with whom you are closely connected,” a Tibetan heart-mind training text says. Often our family is the most intense field of projection: we mistake wife, husband, child for our own narrow, accustomed thoughts of them, and for that reason, family can provoke great suffering. But family can act as the richest vehicle for spiritual practice. Spousal abuse, child abuse, elder abuse: when in bondage to suffering thoughts of self and others, family arises as curse. But when we learn to sense the emptiness of our thought habit, and through that our natural reverence and care for others, family arises as profound blessing.'

- Lama John Makransky, "Family Practice" (Summer 2001)