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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Speech: Refraining from Malicious Speech

 

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RIGHT SPEECH Refraining from Malicious Speech Malicious speech is unhealthy. Refraining from malicious speech is healthy. (MN 9) Abandoning malicious speech, one refrains from malicious speech. One does not repeat there what one has heard here to the detriment of these, or repeat here what he has heard there to the detriment of those. One unites those who are divided, is a promoter of friendships, and speaks words that promote concord. (DN 1) One practices thus: “Others may speak maliciously, but I shall abstain from malicious speech.” (MN 8) Disputes occur when a person is envious and avaricious. Such a person dwells disrespectful and undeferential toward others, causing harm and unhappiness for many. If you see any such root of a dispute either in yourself or externally, you should strive to abandon it. And if you do not see any such root of dispute either in yourself or externally, you should practice in such a way that it does not erupt in the future. (MN 104)

Reflection Malicious speech separates, while right speech unites. It is unhealthy to separate and healthy to unite, both individually and collectively. The world as a whole suffers when people divide one group from another and benefits when we have a sense of shared purpose. Envy and avarice can only occur when people are separate from one another, for only then does it feel like others have something that you do not.   Daily Practice See if you can break down the distinctions between yourself and others so that you are content with whatever you have and feel no envy or yearning for what others have. Practice this attitude in your mode of speech, praising instead of blaming when others possess something you do not. Learn to say “us” and “ours” more than “me” and “mine.” Disputes and quarrels thrive on separation; harmony breeds peace. Tomorrow: Reflecting upon Verbal Action One week from today: Refraining from Harsh Speech Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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The Job of a Buddhist The fundamental job of a Buddhist is to see clearly what is real and true, and to not be fooled.  Lewis Richmond, “The Power of a Quiet Life” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Love, Thay By Joan Duncan Oliver Who knew Thich Nhat Hanh was a prolific correspondent? In a review of Thich Nhat Hanh’s latest offering from Parallax, In Love and Trust: Letters from a Zen Master, Joan Duncan Oliver explores a selection of Thay's letters from the 1960s until 2014.  Read more »

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It is the continuing work of life: Learning to trust that the universe is unfolding exactly as it should, no matter how it looks. We learn to appreciate that each of us has a part in nurturing this interconnected whole and healing it where it has torn. Discovering what our individual contribution can be, then giving ourselves fully to it.

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Intention: Cultivating Compassion

 

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RIGHT INTENTION Cultivating Compassion Whatever you intend, whatever you plan, and whatever you have a tendency toward, that will become the basis upon which your mind is established. (SN 12.40) Develop meditation on compassion, for when you develop meditation on compassion, any cruelty will be abandoned. (MN 62) Compassion fails when it produces sorrow. (Vm 9.94)

Reflection The power of compassion is that it can rise above tragedy, and its value is that it can lift us beyond feeling sorrow. Encountering the many forms of suffering in the world rather than looking away will inevitably bring mental pain in the form of sorrow. But compassion is an emotional triumph insofar as it brings out our best capacity for caring about the well-being of others. Compassion represents victory over sadness. Daily Practice There is plenty of opportunity these days to exercise our capacity for compassion: so many people dying, so many lives disrupted, so much tragedy on an epic scale. Open yourself to all this but with the strength of heart to feel compassion rather than sorrow. Compassion is a “trembling of the heart in the presence of suffering,” but the heart is trembling with loving care for the suffering one rather than with fear or dread. Tomorrow: Refraining from Malicious Speech One week from today: Cultivating Appreciative Joy Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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A Vast Mind A vast mind moves to the side of the public good. When we engage in mind study, we begin to realize that the whole is me. This is to understand that in order for me to live a happy life, others must as well. Rev. Grace Song, “How You Think Today Is How You Live Your Life” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Small Moments of Awakening By Viryabodhi Enjoy this brief teaching on moments of stillness and contentment.  Read more »

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Today's Gay Wisdom 2018 - TODAY’S GAYWISDOM Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18) William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade, When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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