Via GBF: 3 New Dharma Talks

Here are the latest additions to our website and podcast:

The Zen Way of Recovery - Laura Burges

In her signature humorous fashion, Ryuko Laura Burges shares wisdom from her latest book: “The Zen Way of Recovery: An Illuminated Path Out of the Darkness of Addiction.”
Listen in as she reveals her insights on:

• How recovery can unshackle the mind to deepen one’s practice
• The healing power of forgiveness, of self and others
• Why we don’t have to be limited or defined by the ways in which we have been hurt

10 Ways of Transforming Reactivity - Donald Rothberg

What does the Third Noble Truth really promise when it speaks of “an end to dukkha?” Does it mean an end to unpleasant experiences?

In this rich talk, Donald Rothberg shares that the end of dukkha actually means the cessation of our reactivity to unpleasant experiences. He relates the analogy of “the second arrow” to our reactivity (both clinging and aversion) rather than the typical translation of “suffering.”

He introduces 10 guidelines for working with reactivity. 

Pure Land Buddhism and Devotional Poetry - John Del Bagno

John discusses Pure Land Buddhism and reads his poems devoted to Amitābha Buddha.

He describes Pure Land Buddhism as an alternative to self-powered practice, which often engages the willful, striving aspects of our ego. Pureland relies instead on an ‘other power’ to bring us to enlightenment: Amitābha Buddha. This is accomplished through the habit of reciting the Buddha-name, believed to make the attainment of Buddhahood possible in only one lifetime.

Enjoy!

Tom Bruein

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Mindfulness and Concentration: Establishing Mindfulness of Mind and Abiding in the Third Jhāna

 

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RIGHT MINDFULNESS Establishing Mindfulness of Mind A person goes to the forest or to the root of a tree or to an empty place and sits down. Having crossed the legs, one sets the body erect. One establishes the presence of mindfulness. (MN 10) One is aware: “Ardent, fully aware, mindful, I am content.” (SN 47.10)   When the mind is not liberated, one is aware: “The mind is not liberated”. . . One is just aware, just mindful: “There is mind.” And one abides not clinging to anything in the world. (MN 10)

Reflection Consciousness itself is open and empty of defining characteristics. Its function is to reflect like a mirror whatever object presents itself—to simply be aware of it. The mind is bound by the emotions, attitudes, and viewpoints it becomes entangled in, and these bonds change from moment to moment. In meditation one can sometimes distinguish between “just knowing” itself, and the mind’s many other more elaborate co-activities.  Daily Practice The mind is not liberated most of the time, meaning it is bound by various habits, influences, assumptions, projections, and other residue accumulated through past activity. Mindfulness of mind is the practice of just observing the mind, however it naturally manifests in experience. Practice simply noticing what is there, without commentary and without elaboration. Sometimes its bound, and sometimes its free. RIGHT CONCENTRATION Approaching and Abiding in the Third Phase of Absorption (3rd Jhāna) With the fading away of joy, one abides in equanimity; mindful and fully aware, still feeling pleasure with the body, one enters upon and abides in the third phase of absorption, on account of which noble ones announce: “One has a pleasant abiding who has equanimity and is mindful.” (MN 4)      Tomorrow: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Way to the Cessation of Suffering One week from today: Establishing Mindfulness of Mental Objects and the Fourth Jhāna Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Via Daily Dharma: Lovingkindness Trumps Fear

Lovingkindness Trumps Fear

Cultivating lovingkindness we become unstoppable in the face of fear. We love our way through the fear. Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, “Four Ways of Looking at Lovingkindness” CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation \\ Words of Wisdom - September 24, 2023 💌

“For there is something in us that knows, that knows the harmony, the flow, the total participation in the universe that a tree and a river and snow are all part of. And we know that when we transcend our separateness, the illusion of separateness, our intellect, that reality, we flow. There’s a place that yearns for that, and we look for methods. And we know that when we’re in the middle of a trip – cooking a bouillabaisse, knitting an Afghan, whatever that trip is – we can get moments of that flow.” 

- Ram Dass -


From the recent Here & Now Podcast episode recorded in 1976, "The Awakening of the Soul"