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.
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Mindfulness and Concentration: Establishing Mindfulness of Mind and the Third Jhāna
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Via Daily Dharma: The Body Is a Gift
Through
the lens of the dharma, the body is revealed to be a precious gift with
which we may pursue the great opportunity of awakening.
Matthew Gindin, “The Body in Buddhadharma: Three Perspectives”
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE
Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - November 20, 2022 💌
Spiritual practices, compared to having sex or compared to taking coke
or something, is more like delayed gratification versus immediate
gratification. So when you start to stand back and see your predicament
and see what you’re doing, there’s a way, from a spiritual perspective,
in which you begin with that slight bit of awareness to extricate
yourself from the chain of reactivity that we’re talking about.
From Here & Now Podcast - Ep. 186 – The Chain of Reactivity