With Robert Wright
Now available for self-study
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.
When
the winds of change reach hurricane force, our inner refuge of
mindfulness, concentration, and discernment is the only thing that will
keep us from getting blown away.
—Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “What We’ve Been Practicing For”
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"When you are in the presence of unconditional love, that is the optimum environment for your heart to open, because you feel safe, because you realize nobody wants anything from you. The minute that heart opens, you are once again letting in the flow. And that flow is where you experience God."
- Ram Dass -
Many
of the most important thoughts are unintentional—they can be neither
solicited nor cajoled but have a rhythm of their own, creeping up,
arriving, and leaving when we least expect them.
—Mark C. Taylor, “Idleness Waiting Grace”
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When
you set your intention on chanting correctly, melodically, and as
crisply and clearly as possible, you become focused. It quiets the
monkey mind and establishes a direct connection to the dharma.
—Interview with Myokei Caine-Barrett by Linda Heuman, “A Right to the Dharma”
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Parinirvana Day, or Nirvana Day is a Mahayana Buddhist holiday celebrated in East Asia. By some it is celebrated on 8th of February, but by most on 15th of February. It celebrates the day when the Buddha achieved Parinirvana, or complete Nirvana, upon the death of his physical body.
We
don’t have to agonize about “How can I serve? How can I make a
difference?” Instead, we can pick up whatever tool is at hand— Oh! It’s a
cup! Oh! It’s a hammer!
—Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, “Bodhisattvas Have More Fun”
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