Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Action: Reflecting upon Bodily Action

 

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RIGHT ACTION Reflecting Upon Bodily Action However the seed is planted, in that way the fruit is gathered. Good things come from doing good deeds, bad things come from doing bad deeds. (SN 11.10) What is the purpose of a mirror? For the purpose of reflection. So too bodily action is to be done with repeated reflection. (MN 61) When you are doing an action with the body, reflect upon that same bodily action thus: "Does this action I am doing with the body lead to the affliction of another?" If, upon reflection, you know that it does, then stop doing it; if you know that it does not, then continue. (MN 61)

Reflection Mindfulness practice involves being fully aware of what we are doing while it is being done. It has to do with the mind being in the present moment rather than recalling what has just happened or anticipating what will happen next. It also includes being attentive to the ethical quality of our actions. It is important to be aware of whether we are causing harm or contributing to the good and to adjust our actions accordingly. Daily Practice This is a day to reflect upon your actions as you are doing them. Be aware of the unfolding of cause and effect as you go through the day. Notice the look on people’s faces as you are interacting with them; notice whether people are benefitted or hurt by what you are doing. Make the extra effort to be conscious as you act in the world, rather than just doing things automatically. Tomorrow: Abstaining from Harming Living Beings One week from today: Reflecting upon Verbal Action Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Via Daily Dharma: The Truth of Impermanence

 Repeatedly turn the mind toward what is known: all things are of nature to change. Our only inheritance is impermanence and the truth that conditions will rise and fall.

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Speech: Refraining from False Speech

 

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RIGHT SPEECH Refraining from False Speech False speech is unhealthy. Refraining from false speech is healthy. (MN 9) Abandoning false speech, one dwells refraining from false speech, a truth-speaker, one to be relied on, trustworthy, dependable, not a deceiver of the world. One does not in full awareness speak falsehood for one’s own ends, or for another’s ends, or for some trifling worldly end. (DN 1) One practices thus: "Others may speak falsely, but I shall abstain from false speech." (MN 8) Such speech as you know to be true, correct, and beneficial but which is unwelcome and disagreeable to others—know the time to use such speech. (MN 58)

Reflection Sometimes we have to speak the truth to people who don’t want to hear it or to powers that feel threatened by it. Right speech does not mean retreating from such difficult encounters. Even if something is “unwelcome and disagreeable” we should still speak up if it is true. But right speech is skillful speech, and it is necessary to take on such communication with care. Daily Practice The next time you need to have a difficult discussion—when someone needs to hear something that is true but you know it will be unwelcome and disagreeable—see if you can bring the skills of right speech to the occasion. Notice that timeliness is one of such skills, as is not being harsh or abusive. But refraining from false speech does not mean refraining from true speech, and you should speak the truth with confidence. Tomorrow: Reflecting upon Bodily Action One week from today: Refraining from Malicious Speech Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Via Daily Dharma: Seeing All As Sacred

 In the union of form and emptiness, our bodies and minds and the whole phenomenal world are not rejected but rather are found to be direct expressions of the sacred.

Aura Glaser, “Into the Demon’s Mouth”

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Via Daily Dharma: Taking Off the Blinders

Desire narrows our awareness till we see only what we crave; mindfulness helps us see other possibilities.

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right View: Understanding the Noble Truth of Suffering

 

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RIGHT VIEW Understanding the Noble Truth of Suffering When people have met with suffering and become victims of suffering, they come to me and ask me about the noble truth of suffering. Being asked, I explain to them the noble truth of suffering. (MN 77) What is suffering? (MN 9) Sorrow and lamentation are suffering: the sorrow, sorrowing, sorrowfulness, inner sorrow, inner sorriness of one who has encountered some misfortune or is affected by some painful state. (MN 9)

Reflection The first noble truth, the truth of suffering, is described in some detail in these texts. Here the experience of loss and sorrow is highlighted. Elsewhere we might be able to make a distinction between sorrow as a form of mental pain and suffering as a state of emotional affliction, but here we are simply directed to the universal human experience of the pain of loss or misfortune. It hurts a lot to lose someone you love.  Daily Practice The truth of suffering is not meant to encourage us to wallow in our afflictions, but it does not let us try to escape them through some kind of denial. The first noble truth is a starting point. Only when the suffering is acknowledged can the healing begin. Look at some aspect of your own suffering with courage and without fear and decide that you can and will undertake a path to heal the pain by understanding it and letting it go. Tomorrow: Cultivating Lovingkindness One week from today: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Via Daily Dharma: Going Beyond Old Habits

 Our capacity to meet and dissolve habits is awakened and sustained by applying active capacities to “go beyond”—generosity, ethical conduct, patient endurance, diligence, contemplative cultivation, and discerning wisdom.

Steven D. Goodman, “The Spiritual Work of a Worldly Life”

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Via Sobre Budismo // Instruções sobre a Prática de Meditação Shamata

Instruções sobre a Prática de Meditação Shamata

As instruções a seguir são sobre a prática de shamata baseadas nos ensinamentos de Padmasambhava e foram extraídas do site Chagdud Gonpa Brasil.

Em primeiro lugar, as preliminares

Contemple os Quatro Pensamentos que Transformam a Mente:

1. O nascimento humano precioso
2. A impermanência e a morte
3. O carma, a lei de causa e efeito
4. O sofrimento nos ciclos da existência condicionada

Esses ensinamentos podem ser lidos no livro Portões da Prática Budista de Chagdud Rinpoche e Comentários sobre a Prática de Ngondro, de Chagdud Khadro. As contemplações combinadas com o descansar da mente são, em si, um treinamento em Shamata.

Tome refúgio e estabeleça a Boditchita com fé e devoção nas Três Joias, o Buda, o Darma e a Sangha

Desenvolva a Boditchita, a intenção iluminada, pensando: trabalharei continuamente para o bem dos seres sencientes, que foram todos minhas mães em vidas prévias. Para consumar essa intenção, atingirei a iluminação e, para tanto, treinarei minha mente na concentração meditativa de Shamata, o calmo permanecer.

Em segundo lugar, a prática principal

Aquiete a Mente através das Três Posturas

Corpo
Abstenha-se de:

1. Toda atividade mundana
2. Atividades religiosas que requeiram movimento como prostrações e a contagem das contas de seu mala
3. Todo e qualquer movimento corporal

Sente em uma boa postura de meditação, como a postura de sete pontos de Vairotchana, ou pelo menos mantenha suas costas retas e os olhos em uma posição adequada e abertos, mas com o olhar dirigido para baixo.

Fala
Abstenha-se de:

1. Toda conversa comum
2. Discussões religiosas
3. Recitação de mantras e de liturgias

Mente
Abstenha-se:

1. Pensamentos negativos
2. Pensamentos positivos
3. Insights intelectuais que surgem no contexto da prática de Mahamudra ou de Dzogtchen

O Calmo Permanecer com Concentração em um Objeto Externo
Olhe para baixo, na altura do nariz, em direção ao objeto que é o foco de sua concentração, quer seja uma sílaba semente, uma pedra, uma pequena estátua, ou, na verdade, qualquer objeto pequeno. Preste atenção no objeto sem distração, evitando a percepção visual de outros objetos. Permita que sua mente descanse em concentração profunda no objeto. Se sua atenção se desviar, gentilmente retome o foco e descanse naturalmente.
O Calmo Permanecer com Concentração em um Objeto Visualizado

A Esfera Branca
Mantendo os olhos abertos, com o olhar dirigido para baixo, visualize uma pequena esfera branca (sânsc. bindu; tib. tigle) de luz em sua testa, entre as sobrancelhas. A esfera é vazia, mas luminosa, brilhante, cintilante como um arco-íris. Preste atenção nela, mas permaneça relaxado da forma mais natural possível.

A Esfera vermelha
Mantendo os olhos abertos, com o olhar dirigido para baixo, visualize seu corpo como sendo transparente e oco, uma cápsula de luz, clara e vazia. Dentro desta forma pura de seu corpo, no chacra do coração, visualize uma esfera de luz vermelha do tamanho da chama de uma vela. Assim como uma chama ardente, a esfera vermelha tem reflexos de luz azul. Preste atenção nela, permanecendo relaxado e natural.

Em terceiro lugar, a conclusão

Finalizando a sessão
Relaxe o foco no objeto e simplesmente descanse a mente. Ela é aberta, alerta e natural. Quando pensamentos começarem a surgir, dirija-os para a dedicação.

Dedicação
Você pode usar qualquer prece genérica de dedicação, inclusive a dedicação da Prática Concisa de Tara. O mérito e a sabedoria da meditação são oferecidos a todos os seres, para que encontrem alívio das emoções aflitivas e da confusão da existência condicionada e para que conheçam o espaço de pureza e de lucidez, que é sua própria natureza búdica.

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