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.
We
can easily come to believe that dukkha is a sign of our failure or
unworthiness. However, if we can learn to find the confidence to turn
toward dukkha, many of the agitations in our life will calm.
Christina Feldman and Chris Cullen, “An Appropriate Response”
According
to Bhikkhu Santi, a New York City-based Thai Forest monk, meditation is
only as hard as we make it. We don’t need to suffer more in our
attempts to liberate ourselves from suffering. In fact, a little levity
might get us a lot further in our practice.
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