Episode 147 - Be Grateful To Everyone

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The practice of Lojong has the literal translation of “mind training.” The great Buddhist master Atisha taught mind training over 1,000 years ago in the form of slogans. These 59 slogans are designed to be practiced in the hustle and bustle of daily life to retrain our minds in the ways of peace, compassion, wisdom, and bodhicitta (the wish to attain enlightenment for the sake of all living beings.) In this episode, JoAnn Fox focuses on the 13th slogan, “Be grateful to everyone.”</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be grateful to everyone. Who does</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">everyone</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">include? </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Grateful to those who lift us up</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Grateful to All living brings</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Grateful to people we find difficult</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A grateful mind is a happy mind. With such a mind, we see the wonders in the world and many possibilities. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being grateful to those who are kind or help us is easier, but sometimes we forget. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One way to develop gratitude to all living beings is just to consider what we had at our last meal. We didn’t pick the vegetables. We didn’t build the truck that delivered the vegetables. We didn’t build the road the truck drove on or the roads that carry us home each day. We are connected to all living beings and benefit tremendously from them. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With difficult people, we can be grateful for the things we learn from them. Only from those who challenge us can we learn great patience and resilience. They can also show us what we stil