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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 5, 2013

Engaging Others' Views

Listen without arguing, and try to hear what the other is really saying, remembering that, as Buddha pointed out, all beings wish to be happy and avoid suffering. A Buddhist practices nonattachment to views. If we human beings are going to stick around on this earth, we need to learn to get along not just with the people who share our views, but also, and more to the point, with the people who get our goat. And remember—we get their goat, too.

- Susan Moon, "Ten Practices to Change the World"

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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 4, 2013

Drunk on Dhamma

Being drunk on the dhamma is no different from being drunk on alcohol. They’re really similar. Don’t go there. You have to look carefully, again and again, for sometimes something is dhamma, but it’s drunk. That’s not right.

- Venerable Ajahn Chah, "Drunk on Dhamma"

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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 3, 2013

Giving Rise to Forgiveness

Our suffering was not caused by our parents or grandparents. It was merely passed down. We are social animals. We grow through modeling. We teach what we have learned. We act as we have been acted upon. A person who is not loving has not experienced love. It is not his fault. Realizing this gives rise to forgiveness. And in Chan we vow that suffering will stop with us. We will not pass it down.

- Guo Jun, "A Special Transmission"

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Thich Nhat Hanh Living Mindfully

Talks at Google: Eckhart Tolle in Conversation with Bradley Horowitz

Eckhart Tolle - Don't take your thoughts too seriously

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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 2, 2013

Developing a Skillful Attitude

Skillful attitudes of mind are the key to facing potentially explosive situations and the ongoing highs and lows of life and practice. In fact, recognizing these attitudes and cultivating their antidotes is the foundation for all spiritual growth. By cultivating skillful attitudes of mind, we will respond to more and more of life with awareness and wisdom.

- Steve Armstrong, “Got Attitude?”

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Religion and Gay Marriage

Grandparents For Marriage Equality

Via JMG: Moscow Bans Tribute To Gay Holocaust Victims: It Would Promote Homosexuality

The Moscow government has banned a tribute to the gay victims of the Holocaust became it would give children the wrong idea about homosexuality. Via Gay Star News:

Around 20 participants applied to hold a peaceful event in Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow on 5 November. The intention of the tribute was to also spread the message about not repeating past mistakes and ensuring something like the Holocaust never happens again. But the authorities rejected the application, saying paying tribute to gay victims of Nazi Germany could potentially "influence" children on homosexuality. Nikolai Alekseev, founder of Moscow Pride, said: "The Moscow authorities are becoming increasingly absurd, and the banning of the rally to denounce the crimes of Hitler and Nazism is more proof of this. The government is approving of Nazi Germany’s genocidal policies."

Scott Lively is likely thrilled.

 

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Eckhart Tolle: Film Can Awaken Consciousness and A New Earth

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Via OUT: Ian McKellen Gets Vicious on PBS

 Ian McKellen Gets Vicious on PBS

10.31.2013

By Matthew Breen

The out thespian stars as half of a bickering same-sex couple in a show coming Stateside, 'Downton Abbey'-style 

 

The six-episode series Vicious from Britain’s ITV that stars veteran British thesps Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi is coming to the United States in a deal with PBS, which will give the broadcaster rights to air the series in 2014.

The series from Will & Grace executive producer Gary Janetti, features McKellen and Jacobi as “a constantly bickering couple who’ve lived together in a small Covent Garden flat for nearly 50 years. 

But underneath all their vicious co-dependent fighting, they deeply love each other,” according to Deadline Hollywood.

Frances de la Tour (the Harry Potter movies) and Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) also appear in the series.

Vicious has a green light for a second season in the U.K., and as these things go these days, an American version is also being considered. Sometimes it works (see: The Office) and sometimes it sucks (see: Coupling, Football Wives, Red Dwarf, Skins, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here).

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Via Gray Queers / FB: THE FACE OF GAY YESTERDAY!!

THE FACE OF GAY YESTERDAY!!

On February 12, 2004, San Francisco authorities challenged
California's marriage law by issuing a license and performing
a wedding ceremony for Phyllis Lyon, 79, and Del Martin, 83.
Marriages performed at that time were declared invalid, but
after a California Supreme Court decision for marriage equality,
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin were married in a ceremony on
June 16, 2008.Known as a lesbian activist, Phyllis Lyon and
Del Martin formed the first national lesbian organization
in the United States, Daughters of Bilitis, in 1955.

 

Tony Campolo's story of a Gay Son