It’s OK if the practice doesn’t work in exactly the way you expect. Sometimes the fruit comes later.
—Interview with Brother Fulfillment by Matt Gesicki, “The Sangha Without Thich Nhat Hanh”
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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.
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Growth Takes Time
Friday, March 5, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Maintain Good Intentions
Whether
we receive praise or criticism is of no account. The only important
thing is that we have a pure motivation, and let the law of cause and
effect be our witness.
—H. H. the Dalai Lama, “Bad Reputation”
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Thursday, March 4, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Release Your Tension
Tension,
restlessness, and exhaustion are created by endless attempts to be and
do things in the so-called outside world. Our biology has no interest in
holding onto these states and, given the chance, knows how to
intelligently release them.
—Chris McKenna, “How to Create a Mini-Retreat at Home”
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Restoring Wisdom
Suffering
is a given in any form of existence where confusion and ignorance are
present. When confusion and ignorance have been definitively eliminated,
and goodness, caring, and wisdom have entirely taken their place, that
is true happiness.
—Pamela Gayle White, “A Slow True Path”
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Via Feliz Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation / Words of Wisdom - March 3, 2021 💌
- Ram Dass -
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Training Ourselves to Become Better Inbox
After
taking the vows and observing ourselves more carefully, we find there’s
hardly any action that doesn’t hurt someone or cause some kind of harm.
Because of that awareness, we’re able to train ourselves to become
better.
—Khandro Rinpoche, “Complete Abandon”
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Monday, March 1, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Awaken to the Truth of Yourself
To
become enlightened is to awaken to the mad truth that the precious
personas we’ve been parading around as all these years, maybe all these
lifetimes, are fictional constructs.
—Sam Guthrie, “Getting There from Here”
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