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.
Since you participated in Buddhafest, we believe you’ll find great value in this ten-day festival offering five feature-length films and five short films exploring the rich tapestry of Buddhist thought.
Tickets are $30 for Tricycle subscribers and $40 for general admission.
Your ticket includes access to the following ten films:
The Departure directed by Lana Wilson
The Sweet Requiem directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam
Tukdam: Between Worlds directed by Donagh Coleman
Return to Gandhi Road directed by Yeshe Hegan
Geshe Wangyal. With Blessing of the Three Jewels directed by Ella Manzheeva
Dust to Light directed by Erika Houle
Drapchi Elegy directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam
Windhorse directed by Sunil Gurung
The Altar directed by Moe Myat May Zarchi
Waking Up 2050 directed by Ray Choo
You'll be able to watch nine of the films at any point during the festival, PLUS enjoy a live screening of The Departure on Saturday, March 16 at 12:00 P.M. ET followed by a Q&A with director Lana Wilson moderated by Koshin Paley Ellison.
RIGHT EFFORT Restraining Unarisen Unhealthy States
Whatever a person frequently
thinks and ponders, that will become the inclination of their mind. If
one frequently thinks about and ponders unhealthy states, one has
abandoned healthy states to cultivate unhealthy states, and then one’s
mind inclines to unhealthy states. (MN 19)
Here a person rouses the will, makes an effort, stirs up energy, exerts
the mind, and strives to restrain the arising of unarisen unhealthy
mental states. One restrains the arising of the unarisen hindrance of
restlessness. (MN 141)
Reflection
It should not
surprise us to hear that a person gradually becomes what they practice
being. If you complain a lot about all the things you are discontented
with, you will become a more discontented person and more inclined to
further discontent. This works in a positive direction also, allowing us
to develop healthy mental habits, but this passage focuses on
protecting ourselves from our own toxic qualities of mind.
Daily Practice
This passage
begins the process of walking us through the five hindrances, qualities
of mind that inhibit mental clarity and contribute to suffering. The
first of these is restlessness, a quality of mind that is active in some
moments and dormant in others. Here we are told to practice the states
of mind, primarily calm and tranquility, that prevent restlessness from
arising. A calm mind is a healthy mind; practice calming the mind often.
Tomorrow: Establishing Mindfulness of Body and Abiding in the First Jhāna One week from today: Abandoning Arisen Unhealthy States
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There
can be no love without attention. In cultivating attention, we’re
cultivating a possibility for intention and a possibility for
connection. Connection is all about love.
Los cinco obstáculos: La mala voluntad By Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
Vanessa
Zuisei Goddard explica que el remedio principal para la mala voluntad
es permitir que el agua se calme, que nuestra visión sea expansiva, y lo
hacemos dirigiendo sabiamente nuestra atención hacia la bondad amorosa (metta) y cultivándola cuidadosamente.
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