A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
JMG HomoQuotable - Evan Wolfson
"With France and Britain poised to become the next countries to embrace the freedom to marry, it's clear that the momentum we see here in the United States for ending marriage discrimination is, in fact, a global movement toward greater freedom and equality for all - and the U.S. should be leading, not lagging. America cannot afford to fall behind its closest allies and trade partners in this global economy, and needs to do right by its families, as a right-of-center British prime minister and left-of-center French president have called on their parliaments to do, with resounding success." - Freedom To Marry head Evan Wolfson, in a press release noting this week's victories in Britain and France.
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma February 6, 2013
No Time to Waste
This
precious human body, supreme instrument though it is for the attainment
of enlightenment, is itself a transient phenomenon. No one knows when,
or how, death will come. Bubbles form on the surface of the water, but
the next instant they are gone, they do not stay. It is just the same
with this precious human body we have managed to find. We take all the
time in the world before engaging in the practice, but who knows when
this life of ours will simply cease to be?
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- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, “A City of Dreams”
Via Buddhism on Beliefnet:
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