Mindfulness Trainings | Sister True Dedication

I think the Five Mindfulness Trainings

are the biggest gift

that our community has to offer
to the younger generation.

They are a path,

they are a direction,

and when we have
the Five Mindfulness Trainings

as a guiding light in our lives

we don't need to be afraid,

we know exactly what to do

and what not to do in order to help.

They are practical, they are concrete,

and they are very deep.

And they show us how, in our daily life,

and in our decision making,
as young people,

we can choose a direction that goes

towards love, towards peace,

towards understanding.

And they are quite radical,

the Five Mindfulness Trainings
are a radical alternative path

inviting us to diverge
from the mainstream,

live differently,

live in the kind of life
we would like to live,

to be the kind of people
we would like to be

and it starts in these concrete ways,

how we respect life,

how we use our time and energy,

how we pursue intimate relationships,

how we use language,

speaking and listening,
and how we consume,

and that is at the basis of
who we are on this earth.

And when concretely,
day by day, week by week,

we can live beautifully

according to the good,
the true, the beautiful,

when we can live with integrity,

authenticity,

compassion,

and with the insight of interbeing

in these five aspects

then, we will be able
to transform ourselves

and be the people we want to be

and we will be able
to help transform society

so that we can protect
the earth together.