Via Daily Dharama / November 15, 2016: Naming Thoughts as Thoughts

If you know a view as a view, you can be free of that view. If you know a thought as a thought, you can be free of that thought. —Norman Fischer, "Beyond Language"

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Via Daily Dharma / November 14, 2016: A New Consciousness in Every Moment

The mind that sees something quickly dies, and a different consciousness hears a sound. No self or soul carries over from one perceptual act to the next. In truth, your life-span is only one moment long.

—Cynthia Thatcher, "Disconnect the Dots"

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The game of powers is always very simple: Don’t use them. The minute you get a power and say, “I’ve got this power, I will use it,” you’re stuck again. A new attachment, a new ego trip. Don’t use them, rather let them be used through you.

Purity brings powers. Unfortunately, that’s one of the lions at the gate that brings you incredible powers. The minute you’re a little less attached than everybody else, you have incredible power over everybody, because you don’t want anything that everybody else wants so much. The minute you don’t want so much, suddenly you’re free, in a way that you can’t believe because you’re so used to being trapped in this network of needs and desires.

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Via Daily Dharma / November 13, 2016: A Completely Useless Buddha

In the very act of sitting, we actualize the completeness of the act itself and we actualize our own full completeness as a useless human being, another name for which is Buddha.

—Barry Magid, "Uselessness"

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Via Daily Dharma / November 12, 2016: The Speechless Center

The only parts of the practice that can be described with confidence are the rough, cerebral edges. What happens at the center, when the mind quiets down, is impossible to verbalize.

—Jeff Greenwald, "The Great Indoors"

President Trump. Now What?

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ViaTricycle: Buddhist Teachings for Post-Election Healing

It is not possible To control all external events But, if I simply control my mind, What need is there to control other things? —Shantideva

The anger, fear, and confusion that has rippled through the country for some time came to a head last night when Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States. Regardless of your political affiliation, it’s undeniable that the nation has entered uncharted territory. Here in New York City, where Tricycle is headquartered, the tension is palpable.

What do the Buddhist teachings have to offer us in such times of stress, turbulence, and uncertainty? In sum: the radical notion that when we cultivate an equanimous mind, even the most extreme external circumstances do not hold sway. Here are five essays and one video teaching that offer refuge amid great anxiety and change. Consider these pieces a Buddhist “care package” to inspire healing in the often acrimonious and dispiriting atmosphere of the recent political upheaval. May all beings benefit.