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.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Via Tricycle // Prosecutor, Dharma Teacher
Prosecutor, Dharma Teacher
Interview with Tuere Sala by Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar
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Via Daily Dharma: Set the Tone for Your Day
Like
music, intention can influence our mood, thoughts, and feelings—setting
an intention in the morning we set the tone for the day.
—Thupten Jinpa, “Two Exercises for Turning Intention into Motivation”
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Via Tricycle // Esoteric Theravada
Interview with Kate Crosby by Matthew Gindin
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Via Daily Dharma: Feed Your Contentment
When we meditate, we are training the mind to stop feeding a pain pattern.
—Ruth King, “Soothing the Hot Coals of Rage”
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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - January 20, 2021 💌
I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!
- Ram Dass -
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Via Morning wisdom to wake you up
If you want to gain any real benefit from [Buddhist teachings], you have to let them stretch your own lived experience.
—Larry Rosenberg, “The Right to Ask Questions”
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Monday, January 18, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Learn to See Beyond Your Judgment
Meditation
is learning how to be present and aware of what’s going on and learning
to be able to distinguish between your judgment about a moment in time
and the actual experience.
—Interview with Tuere Sala by Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar, “Prosecutor, Dharma Teacher”
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