By Daniel Burke
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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.
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A
meditation practice deepened in silence yields an intimacy with
oneself, and over time, a greater intimacy with others and with all of
life.
—Beth Roth, “Family Dharma: The Fragility of Silence”
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Death is our greatest challenge as well as our greatest spiritual opportunity. By cultivating mindfulness, we can prepare ourselves for this final passage by allowing nature, rather than Ego, to guide us.
- Ram Dass -
Everyone wants love and care, but, more than these, human beings want respect for who they are.
—Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, “Old Relationships, New Possibilities”
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The
point of dharma practice is to pay attention to where there is
suffering, see the clinging and identification, and release it to find a
freedom of heart.
—Interview with Jack Kornfield by Helen Tworkov, “The Sure Heart’s Release”
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