Friday, February 12, 2016

Via Daily Dharma: Settled Mind

With practice, that space—which is the mind’s natural clarity—begins to expand and settle. We can begin to watch our thoughts and emotions without necessarily being affected by them quite as powerfully or vividly as we’re used to.

—Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, "The Aim of Attention"
 

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia -Flor del día - Flower of the day 11/02/2016

“O que ocorre durante os nossos encontros é um fenômeno: nós criamos condição para o Divino se manifestar e proporcionar o milagre da cura, do insight, da abertura do coração, da lembrança de quem somos. Às vezes somos levados para lugares de purificação, onde nada parece se encaixar, mas tudo isso faz parte do processo de expansão da consciência. Então, independentemente das palavras, o mais importante é a transmissão de energia. Essa é a essência do jogo que chamamos satsang(encontro com a verdade).”

“Lo que ocurre durante nuestros encuentros es un fenómeno: creamos condiciones para que lo Divino se manifieste y proporcione el milagro de la cura, del insight, de la apertura del corazón, del recuerdo de quienes somos. A veces somos llevados a lugares de purificación, donde nada parece encajarse, pero todo eso es parte del proceso de expansión de la conciencia. Entonces, independientemente de las palabras, lo más importante es la transmisión de energía. Esta es la esencia del juego que llamamos satsang (encuentro con la verdad).”

"What happens during our encounters is a phenomenon: we create the conditions for the Divine to manifest and deliver the miracle of healing, insights, heart-openings, and the remembrance of who we are. Sometimes we are led to places of purification where nothing seems to fit in place, but it's all part of the process of expanding consciousness. Regardless of what words are spoken, what's truly important in these encounters is the energy transmission. This is the essence of the play we call satsang, an encounter with the truth.”

Via Daily Dharma: The True Self

What is the true self? It's brilliantly transparent like the deep blue sky, and there's no gap between it and all living beings.

—Kodo Sawaki Roshi, "The True Self"
 

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Via Ram Das

February 10, 2016

Everybody you know, you see, you remember, you will meet, is another face of God, is another doorway through. Is another way that God has come to you to awaken your attachments, to bring them to the forefront, to allow you to see through them.

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 10/02/2016

“A jornada evolutiva tem seus altos e baixos. Muitas vezes, vamos de um extremo para o outro numa velocidade radical. Ora você está no vale, ora está no pico. Às vezes você vai às profundezas das suas emoções e acessa sentimentos aterrorizantes, verdadeiros infernos internos; e às vezes vai para o céu. Mas, se puder apenas testemunhar esse movimento, sem se identificar, você encontra a saída para o sofrimento. Você apenas observa até que possa ficar no céu, mantendo o coração aberto em qualquer situação; até que possa sustentar o êxtase".

“El camino evolutivo tiene sus altibajos. Muchas veces, vamos de un extremo al otro a una velocidad radical. En un momento estás en el valle, y otra en el pico. A veces vas a las profundidades de tus emociones y accedes a sentimientos aterradores, verdaderos infiernos internos; y a veces vas hacia el cielo. Pero si puedes simplemente ser testigo de este movimiento, sin identificarte, encuentras la salida del sufrimiento. Solo observa hasta que puedas permanecer en el cielo, manteniendo el corazón abierto en cualquier situación; hasta que puedas sustentar el éxtasis.”

"The evolutionary journey has its ups and downs. Oftentimes, we go from one extreme to the next at extreme speeds. At one moment we're in the valley, and then we’re at the peak. Sometimes we go to the depths of our emotions and access terrifying feelings that are truly like an inner hell. And sometimes we visit the heavens. If we were able to simply witness this movement without getting identified, we would find the way out of suffering. We simply observe until we’re able to remain in the heavens, maintaining an open heart in any situation, until we can sustain the ecstasy.”

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Via Daily Dharma: Commit to One Another

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.

—Reb Anderson, "In It Together"
 

Via Daily Dharma: The Head and the Heart

Your heart needs the help of your head to generate and act on more skillful emotions. Your head needs your heart to remind you that what’s really important in life is putting an end to suffering.

—Thanissaro Bhikkhu, "Head & Heart Together"
 

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 07/02/2016

“Paralelamente ao trabalho psicoespiritual, algumas práticas podem te ajudar a chegar à compreensão necessária. Pode ser a repetição de um mantra, uma meditação, mas também um kriya (purificação do corpo) ou um asana (postura de yoga). As práticas externas podem ajudar a transformar aspectos internos. Você pratica fora até que aprende a fazer sirsasana, padmasanae bhastrika dentro de você, na hora que o outro está ali, te desafiando, te provocando. É preciso ter muita firmeza e flexibilidade para lidar com a brutalidade que se manifesta no mundo. Algumas situações pedem muito alongamento e equilíbrio. E, às vezes, temos que ficar de ponta cabeça para dar conta.”

“Paralelamente al trabajo psicoespiritual, algunas prácticas pueden ayudarte a llegar a la comprensión necesaria. Puede ser la repetición de un mantra, una meditación, pero también una kriya (purificación del cuerpo) o un asana(postura de yoga). Las prácticas externas pueden ayudar a transformar aspectos internos. Practicas afuera hasta que aprendes a realizar sirsasana, padmasana y bhastrikadentro tuyo, en el momento en que el otro está allí, desafiándote, provocándote. Es necesario tener mucha firmeza y flexibilidad para lidiar con la brutalidad que se manifiesta en el mundo. Algunas situaciones piden mucha elongación y equilibrio. Y a veces, tenemos que estar cabeza abajo para conseguirlo.”

"In conjunction with our psycho-spiritual work, there are some practices that can help us reach understanding. These practices may include the repetition of a mantra, meditation, or even a kriya (a bodily purification) or an asana practice (yoga postures). External practices can help to transform internal aspects of ourselves. We continue with these external practices until we learn to do sirsasana (headstand), padmasana (lotus pose) and bhastrika (bellows breath) within ourselves at the moments when someone is challenging and provoking us. It takes great steadiness and flexibility to deal with the brutality that manifests in the world. Some situations call for us tostretch out and balance ourselves. Sometimes, we even need to stop and go into a full headstand in order to cope.”

Via Dialy Dharma: Bow by Bow

We offer our whole body and mind to wisdom or to compassion, opening ourselves, in the act of the bow, to that quality letting go of everything else in our life but that quality, bringing it out, making it big, fashioning it day by day, bow by bow.

—Norman Fischer, "Why Do We Bow"
 

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Via Daily Dharma: The Ordinary Self

Holding to an ordinary notion of self, or ego, is the source of all our pain and confusion. The irony is that when we look for this "self" that we're cherishing and protecting, we can't even find it.

—Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche, "Searching for Self"
 

Friday, February 5, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 05/02/2016

Compreenda que é preciso ser honesto, mas também é preciso ser gentil. Parte fundamental do processo de evolução da consciência é extirpar a violência do nosso sistema. Por isso precisamos encontrar maneiras de sermos honestos sem machucar o outro. E mesmo sendo gentil, pode ser que a verdade machuque o outro (porque nem sempre é fácil lidar com ela). Mas, nesse caso, isso não é um problema seu, é um problema do outro.

“Comprende que es necesario ser honesto, pero también es necesario ser gentil. Parte fundamental del proceso de evolución de la consciencia es extirpar la violencia de nuestro sistema. Por eso necesitamos encontrar maneras de ser honestos sin herir al otro. Incluso siendo gentil, puede ser que la verdad lastime al otro (porque no siempre es fácil lidiar con ella). Pero en ese caso, eso no es un problema tuyo, es un problema del otro.”

"Understand that we must be honest, but we also need to be kind. A key step in the process of the evolution of consciousness is to weed all traces of violence from our systems. We need to find ways to be honest with one another without hurting each other. Even if we are being kind, the truth may hurt others, because it is not always easy to deal with the truth – but that's a challenge the other must work with.”

Via Daily Dharma: Discovering the Gems Within

People who are attached to sutras and a scriptural teaching of words can lack faith in the living, mysterious experience of meditation that leads to a sudden insight. They are . . . attached to the stubborn habit of distinguishing between "true" and "not true." Believing only what is written in holy texts, they are conceptually mesmerized by the treasures of others, instead of digging inside to discover the priceless gems of their own, lying deep within.

—So Sahn, "The Zen of Confidence"
 

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Via Free & Equal / FB:


Did you know that United Nations Postal Administration has been issuing postage stamps since 1951 to celebrate United Nations' goals and achievements? Tomorrow they become the very first postal service to launch a collection of stamps promoting #LGBT equality!


#stampcollecting #philately #humanrights #geekingout

Via Unofficial: philosophy: Why is it that everyone in America can not grasp the concept?


Via Daily Dharma: Gathering Merit

What do I mean by gathering merit? First, it is to be able to cultivate compassion; to have an altruistic motivation and to do things to benefit others. It is to help people in an appropriate way, such as giving advice, and likewise to be generous and disciplined and to develop patience—to develop these kinds of qualities and do things with a pure, sincere wish to help.

—Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche, "Four Simple Tips for Living a Buddhist Life"
 

Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 04/02/2016


“Tenho falado sobre a honestidade como o primeiro valor a ser desenvolvido. Porém, sinto que pode haver uma distorção desse ensinamento. A honestidade, como uma manifestação da Verdade maior, deve sempre se manifestar com sabedoria e compaixão. Muitas vezes, a pessoa se sente o cavaleiro da verdade, hasteia uma bandeira, e sai por aí falando tudo que pensa. Aparentemente ela está alinhada com a verdade, mas, ao machucar o outro, ela passa a ser um canal da mentira.”

“He hablado sobre la honestidad como el primer valor a ser desarrollado. Sin embargo, siento que puede haber una distorsión en esa enseñanza. La honestidad, como una manifestación de la Verdad mayor, debe siempre manifestarse con sabiduría y compasión. Muchas veces, la persona se siente caballero de la verdad, iza una bandera y sale por ahí hablando todo lo que piensa. Aparentemente está alineada con la verdad, pero al herir al otro, pasa a ser un canal de la mentira.”

"Honesty is the first value that needs to be developed. However, this teaching can become distorted. Honesty, as a manifestation of the greater truth, should always manifest with wisdom and compassion. Oftentimes, we feel like we are the Knight of the Truth, as we hoist a flag and go around sharing all that we think. It may seem as if we are aligned with the truth, but by hurting others, we actually become a channel of deceitfulness.”

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Via Daily Dharma: We Are One Another

The world embraces us at every moment. And you don’t stop at your skin. To write about a tree with absolute objectivity is to write autobiography, and to write your personal story is to write the geography of the planet.

—Jane Hirshfield, "Poetry Flesh, Zen Bones"
 

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Via Jasmine Sky:


I FEEL PEACEFUL ON EVERY LETTER OF WORDS 
!My Buddhas!

Via HimalayaCrafts:


It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. - Buddha