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.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Mantra do Buda da Medicina
O Mantra do Buda da Medicina, cuja função é livrar os seres vivos das doenças exteriores e interiores concedendo-lhes bênçãos. Confiando sinceramente no Buda da Medicina, os seres vivos destes tempos impuros podem ser curados de graves doenças físicas e mentais e encontrar alívio para a dor interior causada pelos três venenos – apego, raiva e ignorância.
Também podem ser protegidos de muitos outros perigos e obstáculos.
Este mantra libera o sofrimento da memória hereditária impregnada de culpa, punição, inveja, raiva, ciúme, ambição... e de desequilíbrio.
A Mantra do Buda da Medicina é um método para obtermos as realizações deste ser iluminado. Se praticarmos com sinceridade, receberemos um poder especial de corpo, fala e mente, que poderemos usar para ajudar os outros por meio de ações de cura, conforme o Mantra do Buda da Medicina.
No processo de recitar o mantra do Buda da Medicina tente mentalizar a cor azul, mas, a cor que vier primeiro em sua mente é a cor que deve trabalhar.
Tayatha om bekandze bekandze maha bekandze randze samugate soha
Via Tricycle // Our World in the Wheel of Life
What
can Buddhist cosmology teach us about our current existential
anxieties? Curtis White looks to the Tibetan Wheel of Life to find the
bigger picture for this moment of crisis.
Via Daily Dharma: Correcting Your Errors
The primary duty of a trustworthy friend is to point out your faults—for
only when you see your faults can you correct them; only when you
correct them are you benefiting from your friend’s compassion in
pointing them out.
—Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “The Power of Judgment”
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—Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “The Power of Judgment”
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Monday, May 18, 2020
Via Querty // British ambassador to Poland wears rainbow face mask for LGBTQ rights
In a statement, Knott said, “While right now we all need to focus on fighting COVID-19, we must not forget to continue protecting the values in which we believe.
“On International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia,
we reaffirm our support for efforts to raise public awareness of issues
affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)
community, and pay tribute to the hard work of LGBTI people in Poland,
the UK and around the world to ensure human rights and dignity for all.
Via Daily Dharma: How to Cultivate a Skillful Mind
Dharma
practice is about the development and cultivation of skillful mind
states—no matter what the situation. This is not to say difficult mind
states don’t arise unbidden, but which ones do you want to hang on to?
What kind of mind do you want?
—Diana Winston,“Seven Reasons Why It’s Better Not to Hate Them”
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—Diana Winston,“Seven Reasons Why It’s Better Not to Hate Them”
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Sunday, May 17, 2020
Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - May 17, 2020 💌
"When you stop living by other people's judgments or expectations, you start doing what you need to do. In trying to decide what you want to do with your life, listen to your heart. The program is much farther out than you ever thought it was. I never thought I'd be a Yogi. Each of us has our own unique Karmic predicament; our own unique work to do. Always choose that which you feel is most in harmony with the way of things."
- Ram Dass -
Via Daily Dharma: How Presence Leads to Freedom
With
presence, every moment offers a choice. Sometimes the moment of choice races by like a road sign while we are doing 75 miles per hour on the freeway. … This is where mindfulness comes in.
—Oren Jay Sofer, “When to Speak and When to Listen”
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—Oren Jay Sofer, “When to Speak and When to Listen”
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Saturday, May 16, 2020
Via NPR / On His Debut Album, Jonah Mutono Embraces His Identity And His Name
Jonah Mutono's debut album GERG is really more of a re-entry. Until late last year, Mutono released music under the name "Kidepo." But starting with the single "Shoulders," and now with GERG, he's sharing his real name and story of self-acceptance for the first time.
Via Daily Dharma: Becoming Silence Itself
In
order to be in a relationship with the sacred, we must be willing to become still and quiet. We must be willing to be if only for a short while, silence itself.
—Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, “The Places We Go to Be Here”
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—Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, “The Places We Go to Be Here”
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