My
own capacity for evil is a truth that I have to face squarely. When I
see it and acknowledge it, practice becomes real. It becomes a matter of
life and death. Only then do I appreciate how attention, compassion,
and faith really are the three doors to freedom.
Ken McLeod, “Taking and Sending in Difficult Times”
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Sunday, March 12, 2023
Via Daily Dharma: Facing Our Truth
Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - March 12, 2023 💌
Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.
- Ram Dass -
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Effort: Developing Unarisen Healthy States
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Via Daily Dharma: Taking Zazen Off the Cushion
True zazen is any activity carried out without self-concern, not forming self-serving attitudes toward events, and living one’s ordinary life without attachment or loathing.
Francis Dojun Cook, “Nothing to Be”
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Friday, March 10, 2023
Via Daily Dharma: Separating Actions and the Actor
Wisdom
can teach us to separate people’s actions from who they are. We can
agree or disagree with their actions but remain balanced in our
relationship with a person.
Sayadaw U Pandita, “A Perfect Balance”
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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Living: Abstaining from Misbehaving Among Sensual Pleasures
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Action: Reflecting upon Mental Action
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Via Tricycle // Finding Refuge in Indra’s Net
Finding Refuge in Indra’s Net
By Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
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Via Daily Dharma: The Impermanence of Every Moment
In
some sense, the act of mindfulness meditation itself could be
understood as a practice of dying—to each moment. If you get good at it,
your last moment will be easier.
Wes Nisker, “Making Friends with Death”
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