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Monday, August 31, 2015

Today's Daily Dharma: Rethinking Rebirth

Rethinking Rebirth

Rebirth as a myth or metaphor, which is part of a larger architecture of the mind, asks us to resist the pressure to believe that the future will deliver or redeem us. It reminds us that we are bound to everyone, and that by helping others we discover an unacknowledged, undervalued part of ourselves.

- Kurt Spellmeyer, "After the Future "

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Va Daily Beast: DOGMA DAYS - Pope Francis Blesses a Lesbian, Her Family, and Her Writing For Kids

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/29/pope-francis-blesses-a-lesbian-her-family-and-her-writing-for-kids.html

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 30/08/2015

“Tenho focado naquilo que chamo de “espiritualidade prática”, cuja principal ferramenta são os relacionamentos. Tenho dito que, independentemente da montanha de defeitos do outro, você deve olhar para o grão de defeitos em si mesmo. Porque, se você está incomodado com o outro, significa que ele tem algo a te ensinar. Se você está aí é porque precisa aprender alguma coisa nesse lugar.”

“He enfocado en aquello que llamo “espiritualidad práctica”, cuya principal herramienta son las relaciones. Como ya he dicho otras veces, independientemente de la montaña de defectos del otro, debes mirar el grano de defectos en ti mismo. Porque si estás molesto con el otro, significa que él tiene algo que enseñarte. Si estás ahí es porque necesitas aprender alguna cosa en ese lugar.”

“I have been focusing on what I call ‘practical spirituality,’ whose main asset is relationships. Regardless of the mountain of defects in the other, we must look at the grain of defect in ourselves. If we are bothered by the other, it means that they have something to teach us. If we are in this position, it’s because we need to learn something here.”

Today's Daily Dharma: Whose Buddhism Is Truest?

Whose Buddhism Is Truest?

Just as our search for an original set of Buddha’s definitive words failed, and all we were left with were provisional versions, in the same way a search for the Buddha’s definitive meaning fails too. What we have are traditions of interpretation. But that’s not the kind of authority we imagine when we claim sectarian primacy. Sectarian authority claims assume solid essentialist ground. That type of ground is just not there.

- Linda Heuman, "Whose Buddhism Is Truest?"

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 29/08/2015

“Um dos mais profundos condicionamentos do ser humano é acreditar que a sua felicidade depende do outro. Por conta disso você tenta fazer do outro um escravo para atender suas necessidades. Você exige que ele seja do jeito que você quer, porque somente assim você se sente amado. Mas se ele age um pouco diferente, sua ‘felicidade’ acaba. Essa felicidade que depende da forma do outro agir é uma grande ilusão, é um produto da mente condicionada. A verdadeira felicidade é aquela que vem de dentro de você.”

“Uno de los más profundos condicionamientos del ser humano es creer que tu felicidad depende del otro. Por eso intentas hacer del otro un esclavo para atender tus necesidades. Exiges que él sea de la manera que tú quieres, porque solamente así te sientes amado. Pero si él actúa un poco diferente, tu ‘felicidad’ se acaba. Esa felicidad que depende de la forma en que actúa el otro es una gran ilusión, es un producto de la mente condicionada. La verdadera felicidad es aquella que viene de adentro tuyo.”

“One of the deepest conditionings of the human being is to believe that one’s happiness is dependent on the other. Due to this belief, we try to make the other into a slave who will attend to all our needs. We demand that the other be exactly how we want them to be, because this is the only way we feel loved. If the other acts a bit differently, our ‘happiness’ disappears. This happiness that depends on the other’s actions is a great illusion and a product of the conditioned mind. True happiness comes from within.”

Today's Daily Dharma: Ending the Internal Divide

Ending the Internal Divide

Most human beings spend their lives battling with opposing inner forces: what they think they should do versus what they are doing; how they feel about themselves versus how they are; whether they think they’re right and worthy or wrong and unworthy. The separate self is just the conglomeration of these opposing forces. When the self drops away, inner division drops away with it.

- Adyashanti, "The Taboo of Enlightenment "

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The Dalai Lama just living in the present

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 28/08/2015

“O objetivo maior de um relacionamento amoroso é a sustentação do êxtase através da conexão da energia sexual com o coração. É promover o encontro de duas correntes de aquiescência, duas correntes positivas - dois “sim”. Esse encontro aponta a direção da suprema liberdade. Um encontro dessa natureza só é possível se existe amor e liberdade.”

“El objetivo mayor de una relación amorosa es sustentar el éxtasis a través de la conexión de la energía sexual con el corazón. Es promover el encuentro de dos corrientes de aceptación, dos corrientes positivas – dos “sí”. Este encuentro apunta la dirección de la suprema libertad. Un encuentro de esta naturaleza solo es posible si existe amor y libertad.”

“The greatest goal of a loving relationship is to be able to sustain ecstasy by connecting one’s sexual energy with the heart. This means supporting the encounter of two ascending positive currents that are both saying yes. This encounter paves the way towards ultimate freedom. An encounter of this nature is only possible if there is love and freedom.”

Today's Daily Dharma: What Makes a Buddha

What Makes a Buddha

Those who have great realization of delusion are buddhas; those who are greatly deluded about realization are sentient beings.

- Eihei Dogen, "Actualizing the Fundamental Point "

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día - Flower of the Day 27/08/2015

“Em determinado momento da jornada evolutiva a entidade humana passa por uma cisão. Ela rompe com a própria essência. Ela perde a espontaneidade e a inocência ela passa a usar uma máscara que serve para agradar aos outros, para ser aceita e para receber o que quer: amor.”

“At a certain moment along the evolutionary journey, we human beings experience a split from our own essence. We lose our spontaneity and innocence and begin to use a mask that serves to please others. We use these masks in order to be accepted and to receive what we want, which is love.”

“En un determinado momento del camino evolutivo, la entidad humana pasa por una ruptura. Ella rompe con la propia esencia. Pierde la espontaneidad y la inocencia y pasa a usar una máscara que sirve para agradar a los otros, para ser aceptada y para recibir lo que quiere: amor.”

Today's Daily Dharma: A Single Handful

A Single Handful

Compared to all the myriad things in the world, the root principles to be practiced for the complete extinction of dukkha [suffering] amount to a single handful.

- Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, "A Single Handful "

Via WGB: ISIS throws nine gay men from building

ISIS militants threw nine men charged with being gay from a building in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday (23 August), according to local media reports.

The Jihadist group have branded LGBTI people the ‘worst of creatures’ and claim responsibility for at least 30 other executions for ‘sodomy.’

They have not yet published photos of the latest killings as they have done previously.

‘Gunmen belonging to ISIS threw on Sunday nine civilians from the top of a high building in the city of Mosul after being accused of homosexuality,’ a source, who wished to remain anonymous, told IraqNews.com.

‘ISIS militants rounded up a number of citizens in the city to see the implementation of the judgment of the so-called Sharia judge.’ Full story here!