Wednesday, July 18, 2012
'Sean' posted LGBT project wiki profile on the Baha'i Faith:
Sean says: LGBT project wiki profile on the Baha'i Faith is a bit biased just like the wikipedia page on homosexuality and the Baha'i Faith. What concerns me is that the sources on both sites are dated, and highly sanitized for "public consumption". At the very least the LGBT project wiki profile needs a more balanced approach on homosexuality in the Baha'i Faith. I added a few website links (this site included). Hopefully we can all brainstorm on how we can edit the content. What can we include? , what sources?
http://lgbt.wikia.com/wiki/
<http://www.gaybahai.net/
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Tricycle Daily Dharma July 18, 2012
Against the Stream
The
unflinching light of mindful awareness reveals the extent to which we
are tossed along in the stream of past conditioning and habit. The
moment we decide to stop and look at what is going on (like a swimmer
suddenly changing course to swim upstream instead of downstream), we
find ourselves battered by powerful currents we had never even
suspected—precisely because until that moment we were largely living at
their command.
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- Stephen Batchelor, "Foundations of Mindfulness"
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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Tricycle Daily Dharma July 17, 2012
Taking Control of Our Karma
When
we ask, 'Why did this happen to me?' it is because of our limited view.
If we throw a stone up in the air and forget about it, when it falls
down on our heads, we shouldn’t complain, although we usually do. We
have this notion that what happens to us is somehow independent of our
own actions. We can ask, 'why did this happen?' But the more important
question is, 'what we are going to do about it?'
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- Matthieu Ricard, "Karma Crossroads"
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Monday, July 16, 2012
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Clear Compassion
One
of the things that most nourishes true compassion is clarity—when we
know what we are thinking and know what we are feeling. This clarity
differentiates compassion from shallow martyrdom, when we are only
thinking of others and we are never caring about ourselves.
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- Sharon Salzberg, "A Quiver of the Heart"
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
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Enlivening the Ordinary
Through
art, a painter can make the ordinary come alive. As Zen students, we
try to bring this kind of relevance into each moment of our lives, into
this one moment that contains all moments. In this way, we allow the
ordinary to enliven us. Sometimes this is successful, sometimes not, but
the work itself goes on. Persistence is one of the major virtues in
both the artist and the unenlightened.
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- Gary Thorp, "The Dust Beyond the Cushion"
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Saturday, July 14, 2012
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Happy Birthday, Pema Chödrön!
The ground of renunciation is realizing that we already have exactly what we need, that what we have already is good.
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- Pema Chödrön, "Renunciation: Like a Raven in the Wind"
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
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Memento Mori
To acknowledge that you are dying is to recognize that you are alive.
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- Dean Rolston, "Memento Mori: Notes on Buddhism and AIDS"
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Via JMG:
60 House Democrats Fail To Sign On To Court Challenge To Overturn DOMA
Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed:One third of House Democrats broke with their leaders today and kept their names off a brief urging a federal appeals court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, which limits federal recognition of marriages to those between one man and one woman. The majority of Democrats joined House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's argument, which her office described in a news release as "the Democratic Members' brief," but the break among Democrats offers a glimpse at remaining divisions inside the party. Pelosi, joined by Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and 130 other House Democrats, told the federal appeals court in California that they believe Karen Golinski should succeed in her lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of DOMA's federal definition of "marriage" and "spouse."Does your rep appear above?
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
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- Barney Frank weds
- Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., married Jim Ready on Saturday in a ceremony attended by about 300 friends and family members, becoming the first married, openly gay member of Congress in U.S. history. Frank, who will leave Congress after this year, said he wanted to marry while he was still in office in order to set an example. “The kids that are going to see us, and feel strong enough to be able to come out and be who they are. That gives me more encouragement that I’m doing the right thing,” Frank said. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)
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How would Sup Ct justice John Roberts rule on gay marriage?
Richard
Socarides in the New Yorker:
Some theorize that Roberts tried to depoliticize the Court with his
health-care ruling in order to gain some credibility before even more
conservative decisions to come, like overturning affirmative action.
Anything is possible, but that is not likely to be the outcome in these
gay-rights cases, where Justice Kennedy will probably not be with
conservatives....
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Tricycle Daily Dharma July 10, 2012
Living a Life of Practice
We
need to revive appreciation for the traditional model of a practitioner
who lives a life of simplicity and humility, sincerity and endeavor,
kindness and compassion. We must choose teachers with these qualities,
cultivate these qualities in ourselves, and guide our students in
developing them.
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- Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, "Shopping the Dharma"
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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In It Together
Hang
out with people who are capable of making a commitment to you and your
life, and who require that you make a commitment to theirs. Hang out
with people who care about you, with people who need you to develop and
who say so. Make such a commitment and don’t break that bond until you
and all beings are perfect.
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- Reb Anderson, "In It Together"
Sunday, July 8, 2012
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The Principles of Zazen
Cast
aside all involvements and cease all affairs. Do not think good or bad.
Do not administer pros and cons. Cease all the movements of the
conscious mind, the gauging of all thoughts and views. Have no designs
on becoming a buddha. Zazen has nothing whatever to do with sitting or
lying down.
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- Zen Master Dogen, "The Principles of Zazen"
Friday, July 6, 2012
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Tricycle Daily Dharma July 5, 2012
Cutting the Heads Off Our Ideas
Whether
we’re looking inside our outside ourselves, we need to cut off the head
of whatever we meet, and abandon the views and ideas we have about
things, including our ideas about Buddhism and Buddhist teachings.
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- Thich Nhat Hanh, "Simply Stop"
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
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Happy Interdependence Day
As
we open and empty ourselves, we come to experience an
interconnectedness, the realization that all things are joined and
conditioned in an interdependent arising. Each experience and event
contains all others.
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- Jack Kornfield, "No Self or True Self?"
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