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Via Shambhala Online \\ Mandala Principle: Being at the Centre of Your World

BEING AT THE CENTRE OF YOUR WORLD

Mandala Principle

Dear Daniel,

Join John Seex beginning October 4th for Mandala Principle: Being at the Centre of Your World. This course will explore the mandala principle and how to remain centered in “centrerless space,” which refers to a state of being in which we let go of our habitual patterns and reference points. We will also explore how to work with overwhelm and the enormity of suffering without collapsing or numbing out. Looking into the idea of mandala principle, how we configure space, the five buddha families and the practices of windhorse and Shambhala meditation, we will investigate how we can learn to surf the wave of life so that we can be helpful to our world.

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SATURDAYS

OCT 4, 11, & 18

1:00PM - 3:00PM ET

SHAMBHALA ONLINE

This is an online offering

$149 REGISTRATION

Prerequisite: Open to All

Sessions

Session one – Exploration of mandala principle, centre and fringe, boundary and protection and how we configure space and the practice of windhorse

Session two – Looking at the five buddha families, the flavours of our experience and working with others

Session three – Examining totality, compassionate action, co-emergence, and surrendering

For more details about this event, please feel free to contact us at registrar@shambhalaonline.org.

Shambhala Online

1084 Tower Road

Halifax, NS B3H 2Y5 Canada

Via Daily Dharma: Don’t Mistake the Finger for the Moon

Don’t Mistake the Finger for the Moon

We can say “God,” we can say “dhamma,” we can say nothing at all—but if we are trapped in the symbol, we will never enter into relationship with what the symbol points to.

Primoz Korelc Hiriko, “God as Dhamma”

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Intention: Cultivating Equanimity

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RIGHT INTENTION
Cultivating Equanimity

Whatever you intend, whatever you plan, and whatever you have a tendency toward, that will become the basis on which your mind is established. (SN 12.40) Develop meditation on equanimity, for when you develop meditation on equanimity, all aversion is abandoned. (MN 62)

Equanimity is like a mother with a son who is busy with his own affairs, for she is not worried about what he does. (Vm 9.108) When a person, touching a sensation with the body, is not attached to pleasing sensations and not repelled by unpleasing sensations, they have established mindfulness and dwell with an unlimited mind. For a person whose mindfulness is developed and practiced, the body does not struggle to reach pleasing sensations, and unpleasing sensations are not considered repulsive. (SN 35.274)

Reflection

The image of a mother with a grown son is invoked to describe the quality of mind called equanimity, for we understand that she still loves and cares deeply for her son but is not invested in the superficial details of his daily activities. You can stay attentive, intimate, and deeply engaged with your affairs without being caught up in and afflicted by them. The image is one of a person who is at ease in their affairs without struggling.

Daily Practice

In working with physical sensations, as we do when we practice mindfulness of the body, the idea is to be fully aware of sensations without being attached to or repelled by them. Notice that when mindful the mind is said to be unlimited, and when it lacks mindfulness it is considered to be limited. Equanimity, the active ingredient in mindfulness, is the tool that is used to unbind the mind and set it free from aversion.

Tomorrow: Refraining from Frivolous Speech
One week from today: Cultivating Lovingkindness

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