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Stop Worrying One of the approaches that I personally find useful is to cultivate the thought: If the situation or problem is such that it can be remedied, then there is no need to worry about it. In other words, if there is a solution or a way out of the difficulty, you do not need to be overwhelmed by it. The appropriate action is to seek its solution. The Dalai Lama, “Countering Stress and Depression” CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

The Bardo of Cancer By Gregory Seizan Clark, PhD Buddhist tools to navigate the diagnosis, treatment, and aftermath of terminal illness. Read more »

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Ram Dass on Creating a Sacred Space:

You create a space which is really what a church is like in this community. Then you have to invest that space with the Spirit. So you’ve got to keep feeding it. You’ve got to feed it fresh flowers and you’ve got to feed it love and you’ve got to feed it your karmas. If you’re living in one room, take a corner of the room and set up a little puja place. Get a mat that’s comfortable, then sit down there and be there for a while. Put a few holy books near it. And use it as a place where you can regain a center. Start your day from that place and end your day from that place.

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Emulating Buddha  Similar to the Buddha, we can learn to stop trying to escape the sobering truths of life, and instead be willing to experience them fully, looking at them deeply through and through. Mark Van Buren, “Understanding Dukkha” CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

‘The Natural Abiding’ By Miranda Shaw, PhD Tantric yogini Niguma writes about Mahamudra as empty bubbles in a translucent ocean. Read more »

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 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) When one knows covert speech to be true, correct, and beneficial, one may utter it, knowing the time to do so. (MN 139)

Reflection There is nothing wrong with speaking privately and even secretly to someone as long as what is said is true and beneficial. There are times when discretion is entirely appropriate. The thing to guard against is resorting to covert speech as a way of hiding something that is not worthy of being spoken in the open. A good rule of thumb is to refrain from saying anything in private you would be ashamed of saying publicly. Daily Practice The restraint of false speech is important because what you say has an effect not only on other people but also on yourself. Pay attention to the quality of your mind when you speak covertly to someone and check to make sure that you are not drifting into states of mind that are harmful, such as ill will, hatred, or cruelty. You can learn to be intuitively aware of the quality of your emotions as you speak.  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 Dhamma Wheel | Right Intention: Cultivating Lovingkindness

 

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RIGHT INTENTION Cultivating Lovingkindness Whatever you intend, whatever you plan, and whatever you have a tendency toward, that will become the basis upon which your mind is established. (SN 12.40) Develop meditation on lovingkindness, for when you develop meditation on lovingkindness, all ill will will be abandoned. (MN 62)  The near enemy of loving kindness is attachment. (Vm 9.98)

Reflection Attachment is called a near enemy of lovingkindness because it can seem like kindness while actually being very distinct from it. Think of the person who “loves” their partner so much that they must control their loved one and prevent them from having other friends. In popular culture attachment is often seen as a demonstration of lovingkindness, but in Buddhist thought the two are very different: one is healthy and the other not.  Daily Practice See if you can practice lovingkindness without attachment. This involves caring deeply for the well-being of another but on their own terms and not in ways that are bound up with your own agenda or sense of self. Remember the phrase found in the Metta Sutta: “May all beings be happy in themselves!” Attachment always includes some measure of self-interest, while true lovingkindness is entirely free of this. Tomorrow: Refraining from False Speech One week from today: Cultivating Compassion Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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To Meditate Is to Unlearn If failure is a great unlearning, meditation is a profound act of failure. Sarah Kokernot, “Failure as Liberation” CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Always Lie When Someone Asks If You Meditate By Christopher Rivas How a theater kid from Queens started meditating for a cute girl and hasn’t stopped since.  Read more »

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