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.
One
must be beyond the heavens of sensual existence, formish existence, and
formless existence to be an arahant, the highest kind of person. It is
necessary to be above heaven in all its meanings in order to be totally
free, liberated from dukkha.
How Compassion Works Lama John Makransky in conversation with James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg
In this episode of Life As It Is, Tricycle’s
editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, and meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg
sit down with author and professor Lama John Makransky to discuss why
compassion is essential to our survival—and how we can integrate
compassion into our service and action in the world.
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