A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Monday, November 25, 2013
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 25, 2013
What the Buddha Never Said
When
the Buddha speaks, it is said, he always intends his words to lead to
the welfare and happiness of the hearers. But his words are not always
tied to the theme of “suffering and its cessation.” To insist on
confining them to this topic is to drastically narrow the range of the
dharma.
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- Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, "'I Teach Only Suffering and the End of Suffering'"
Sunday, November 24, 2013
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 24, 2013
How to Become Lucid
If
you’ve ever had a lucid dream before, you may have an idea how this
unique state of awareness can open up incredible opportunities for
discovery, healing, and growth. The idea is not new: Tibetan Buddhists
have practiced lucid dreaming for at least a thousand years, referring
to it as dream yoga. Dreams often act like mirrors, presenting you with a
reflection of yourself. By becoming conscious in your unconscious,
you’re able to explore and deepen the connection to your own inner
world.
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- Dylan Tuccillo, Jared Zeizel, and Thomas Peisel, "Taking Flight"
Saturday, November 23, 2013
His Holiness the Karmapa: The Technology of the Heart
Hmmmm... but it does exist... click below:
http://www.ted.com/talks/his_holiness_the_karmapa_the_technology_of_the_heart.html
The Heart Is Noble: The Moon
Lua Cheia - Ouro Preto, MG - Nov 16, 2013 / Daniel C. Orey
I want to share with you a feeling I have. I feel that my love does not have to remain within the limitations of my own life or body. I imagine that if I am no longer in the world, my love could still be present. I want to place my love on the moon and let the moon hold my love. Let the moon be the keeper of my love, offering it to everyone just as the moon sends its light to embrace the whole earth.
- The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the
Inside Out by Ogyen Trinley Dorje
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 23, 2013
Freedom and Choice
Most
people equate choice and freedom. It seems so reasonable. Freedom means
you are free to choose, right? It means you are free from restrictions.
If you can’t choose, then you are not free. And it would seem to follow
that the more choice you have, the more freedom you have. But it
doesn’t work out that way.
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- Ken McLeod, "Freedom and Choice"
Friday, November 22, 2013
Dalai Lama's guide to happiness
Publicado em 08/10/2013
This video looks at 'Buddhism and
Happiness', as we ask are they a match made in heaven or something else?
This eight minute epic reveals some incredible insights into human
behaviour and values that impact our happiness, particularly in this
materialistic Western life so many are living, or reaching for.
The Dalai Lama's talk is from his 'the quest for happiness' public talk in Adelaide during his 'Beyond Religion' tour in Australia.
While we would have ideally used footage of Tibetan monks in this video, we were unable to and instead used footage from our recent trip to Burma, where we acknowledge there may be subtle differences in how Buddhism is practiced. We do not mean to offend anyone by this and if you would like to fly us to Tibet to re-film this we'll happily take up the offer.
PLUS... Find us on Facebook to see more than 20,000 smiles!!!
The Dalai Lama's talk is from his 'the quest for happiness' public talk in Adelaide during his 'Beyond Religion' tour in Australia.
While we would have ideally used footage of Tibetan monks in this video, we were unable to and instead used footage from our recent trip to Burma, where we acknowledge there may be subtle differences in how Buddhism is practiced. We do not mean to offend anyone by this and if you would like to fly us to Tibet to re-film this we'll happily take up the offer.
PLUS... Find us on Facebook to see more than 20,000 smiles!!!
Via JMG: OREGON: Christian Group Files Measure To Legalize Anti-Gay Discrimination
An anti-gay Christian group has filed an Oregon ballot measure that would make it legal for businesses to refuse to provide wedding services to gay people on the grounds of religious belief.
The initiative comes after Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian launched a well-publicized investigation against a Gresham bakery that refused to provide a cake for a marriage between two women. "We are deeply concerned that even Oregon elected officials are becoming hostile towards religious freedom," said Teresa Harke, spokeswoman for Friends of Religious Freedom, a group formed to support the initiative campaign. Harke is also communications director for the Oregon Family Council, a group opposing the proposed initiative that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. Jeana Frazzini, executive director of Basic Rights Oregon, the state's major gay-rights organization, said in a statement that "while we are all entitled to our religious beliefs, those beliefs don't entitle any of us to discriminate against others, or disobey laws that are already in place to ensure that everyone is treated equally."The group must have the wording for the measure approved before it can begin collecting the required 87K signatures to place it on the 2014 ballot. (Tipped by JMG reader Sam)
Labels: 2014 elections, bigotry, hate groups, marriage equality, Oregon, public accommodations, religion
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 22, 2013
Necessary Failure
Do
not fear failure. Whatever happened in the past is past; do not worry
about it happening again. Before you meet with success, failure is
natural and necessary.
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- Master Sheng-Yen, "Being Natural"
Thursday, November 21, 2013
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 21, 2013
Perfect Awakening
Being
self-aware in the midst of our daily lives provides us with so much
material with which to notice the reality of our imperfect selves but,
at the same time, to be brought to realize how we are embraced by
Ultimate Wisdom and Compassion at all times. There’s no practice a
person can specifically do to attain perfect awakening, whether it’s
meditation or trying to follow precepts. Of course these are good
practices, but we can never totally free ourselves of our blind
passions. If we believe we can do it this way, the calculation is a
reflection of our ego-selves. Instead, we can be mindful of the dharma
as we go about our lives.
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- Reverend Patricia Kanaya Usuki, "The Great Compassion"
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