Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:

Tricycle Daily Dharma September 15, 2013

It's Nothing Personal

Understanding that there is no solid, singular, or permanent 'me' makes it possible to accommodate whatever arises in life without feeling so intimidated by our experience, without rolling over like a defeated dog in a dogfight. We can see that things arise due to our karma playing itself out and that it does not necessarily have to be so personal.

- Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, “Realizing Guiltlessness”

Read the entire article in the Wisdom Collection through September 16, 2013
For full access at any time, become a Tricycle Community Supporting or Sustaining Member

Via AFER

http://www.afer.org/

Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:

Tricycle Daily Dharma September 14, 2013

On the Body

The body that we have is a living body. Mostly we were taught that the body is what we leave here when we die. I think that is a terrible mistake. The body that we have is not a dead body. We don’t know exactly how dead bodies come to be, but it is absolutely clear that this body is the living body. So we need to draw the basic concepts about “the body” from the living process.

- Eugene T. Gendlin, “Focusing”

Read the entire article in the Wisdom Collection through September 15, 2013
For full access at any time, become a Tricycle Community Supporting or Sustaining Member

Via JMG: NBA Commissioner Slams Sports World For Staying Silent On Russia And Gays

"I’m gonna behave myself, for the record here, which is unlike me. But you know, the first phone call to the new head of the Olympics was from President Putin, and everyone wants to talk about the Russian law on homosexuality. Think about the opportunities that sports have to make a continuing statement, and the only thing that we’re saying in that context is ‘Shhhh! No one say anything!’" - NBA Commissioner David Stern, speaking yesterday at the Beyond Sports Summit.

Labels: David Stern, LGBT rights, NBA, Russia, Sochi Olympics, sports, Vladimir Putin

Reposted from Joe

Via JMG: Cher Turns Down Sochi Oympics Gig

 

Cher, seen above performing in June to 10,000 screaming gay men at the NYC Pride Pier Dance, has rejected an offer to appear at the Sochi Olympics. She tells Maclean's: "I can’t name names but my friend called who is a big oligarch over there, and asked me if I’d like to be an ambassador for the Olympics and open the show. I immediately said no. I want to know why all of this gay hate just exploded over there. He said the Russian people don’t feel the way the government does."

Labels: Cher, gay icons, Russia, Sochi Olympics

Reposted from Joe

Via GayPolitics Report:

Russian leader criticized by Pelosi

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that she hoped LGBT people were seen by Vladimir Putin as "God's children," a reference to a line in a New York Times op-ed by Putin this week in which the Russian president stated "God created us equal." Separately, the new president of the International Olympic Committee, who received a call from Putin after his election, said the two did not discuss Russia's new anti-gay laws, adding that the IOC would develop a response to those who seek to protest the laws while participating in the upcoming winter games in Sochi. BuzzFeed (9/12), Chicago Tribune (tiered subscription model) (9/10), The New Civil Rights Movement (9/12)
 

Share:     

Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:

Tricycle Daily Dharma September 13, 2013

Life and Death

Life and death, as my teacher used to point out, are just different names for different states. These are not permanent states. If we have to give it a name, Life with a capital "L" is the basic reality. Ours is not an inert universe, it's an alive universe; so what we call birth and death are just temporary states, temporary transformations, names for our true self at one time, and in one situation.

- Philip Kapleau Roshi, "Life with a Capital ‘L’”

Read the entire article in the Wisdom Collection through September 14, 2013
For full access at any time, become a Tricycle Community Supporting or Sustaining Member

Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:

Tricycle Daily Dharma September 12, 2013

Our Own Salvation

We don’t just seek our own salvation—we are only fully happy when we can be born together with all others. No one is left behind by Amida, no one is left out. This does not sound like the sort of society that we live in today, but it does give us something to aspire to.

- Jeff Wilson, "Come Together"

Read the entire article in the Wisdom Collection through September 13, 2013
For full access at any time, become a Tricycle Community Supporting or Sustaining Member

Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:

Tricycle Daily Dharma September 11, 2013

Power to Shape the Present

Do what you can to help the living, and dedicate the merit of your practice to the dead. We may be powerless to change the past, but we do have the power to shape the present and the future by what we do, moment to moment, right now. And in maintaining our intention to be as skillful as possible in thought, word, and deed, we’ll find the only true refuge there is.

- Thanissaro Bhikkhu "What We've Been Practicing For"

Read the entire article in the 9/11 Special Section through September 12, 2013
For full access at any time, become a Tricycle Community Supporting or Sustaining Member

Via GayPolitics Report: New Mexico Supreme Court to hear marriage equality case

New Mexico Supreme Court to hear marriage equality case
The New Mexico Supreme Court agreed Friday to hold a hearing next month to consider whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry in the state. Clerks from all 33 of the state's counties requested the court address the matter, which has gained attention since eight counties in the state, including the three most populous, began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The hearing is scheduled for Oct. 23, and a decision is expected shortly thereafter. NBC News/Reuters (9/6), Albuquerque Journal (N.M.) (subscription required) (9/7), Talking Points Memo/TPMLivewire blog (9/9)