Via Daily Dharma: Practice in the Body

 

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Practice in the Body We already have everything we need to get our practice out of our head and into our body, simply by being in the body that we’re in, as it is, in this one moment. Sensei Dhara Kowal, “This Very Body” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

‘Architectures of Emptiness’ By Arthur Sze Arthur Sze’s twelfth book of poetry dances between silence and sound and asks how we can live fully in the face of catastrophe. Read more » Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution Directed by Rosemary Rawcliffe On March 12, 1959, 15,000 unarmed Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa to oppose the violent occupation of their country by the Communist Chinese army. For the first time on film, three generations of Tibetan women and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama tell the story of one of the great movements of nonviolent resistance in modern history. Watch now »

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Living: Abstaining from Taking What is Not Given

 

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RIGHT LIVING Undertaking the Commitment to Abstain from Taking What is Not Given Taking what is not given is unhealthy. Refraining from taking what is not given is healthy. (MN 9) Abandoning the taking of what is not given, one abstains from taking what is not given; one does not take by way of theft the wealth and property of others. (MN 41) One practices thus: “Others may take what is not given, but I will abstain from taking what is not given.” (MN 8) One is to practice thus: “Here, regarding things cognized by you, in the cognized there will be just the cognized.“ When, firmly mindful, one cognizes a mental object, one is not inflamed by lust for mental objects; one experiences it with a dispassionate mind and does not remain holding it tightly. (SN 35.95)

Reflection Five of our sense doors open onto the world, while the sixth, the mind door, opens inwardly to draw on sensory experience and mental objects such as memories, imagination, and thoughts. The mental objects are cognized, or known to us, one after another in a stream of consciousness. Here we are encouraged to encounter our thoughts without elaboration, as phenomena arising and passing away. Daily Practice See if you can regard your mental activity—the thoughts and images and words passing through the mind—with equanimity. That is, observe them closely but without becoming entangled in their content and without favoring some and opposing others. Thoughts are merely objects that, like sights and sounds and physical sensations, come and go based on various conditions. See if you can abide without “holding them tightly.” Tomorrow: Abandoning Arisen Unhealthy States One week from today: Abstaining from Misbehaving Among Sensual Pleasures 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: This Fire Is Love

 

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This Fire Is Love This fire that runs through all things burns through life—in our suffering, in our losses, in our passions, and in our connectedness and mutuality, all of which is love itself. Susan Murphy, “Why Love What You Will Lose?” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Four Kinds of Faith By Khenpo Sodargye Tibetan Buddhist lama and scholar Khenpo Sodargye explains the type of faith that makes practice transcendent. Read more »

#SocialSecurity 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝙞𝙛:

 #SocialSecurity 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝙞𝙛:

• you fail to respond to #ssa communications
• you have undeclared income or income above the allowed limit*
• you leave the USA for more than 30 consecutive days (𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 #cruises )
• are incarcerated or committed to a public institution

https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/planner/suspend.html

Via The Tricycle Community \\ Three Teachings: Connecting with Nature

 

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April 24, 2025 The Wisdom of the Natural World   As the world continues to change at what feels like a rapid clip and concern about the future continues to mount for many, the resilience of the natural world can provide inspiration and relief. Simply being outside, observing flowers in bloom or the wind on our faces, can put the truths of impermanence and interdependence in stark relief. Listening to birds chirping reminds us that life carries on, without us at the center, and looking up at the trees, or even down at the roots, can help us connect with the vastness of it all. Whether you can bring your practice outside, use nature as a point of contemplation, or both, the natural world is a powerful teacher, in troubled times or not.  This week’s Three Teachings celebrates the wisdom of the natural world, encouraging you to practice with or in nature.  For more contemplations around the environment, join us for the final day of Tricycle’s fourth annual Buddhism and Ecology Summit. Register for free to hear from Dekila Chungyalpa, Sharon Salzberg with Susan Bauer-Wu, and Paul Hawken with Peter Coyote today, and to receive recordings of earlier events.  Forward today's teachings to a friend » Tree Root Practice By Jack Kornfield Pointing to how important trees are in Buddhist teachings, meditation teacher Jack Kornfield offers a practice for sitting like a tree. Read more » A Practice for Connecting with the Four Elements That Can Be Done Anywhere By Juliana Sloane When we can’t be outside, we can still appreciate and learn from the natural world. Here, mindfulness teacher Juliana Sloane offers a meditation on elements to cultivate deeper embodiment and connection with impermanence and interdependence. Read more » Planting the Spirit By Nikiko Masumoto For a fourth-generation farmer, tending the earth and responding to the many uncertainties of farming are practices of resilience. Read more »

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Via Recap \\ To focus deeper, keep a Distractions List

 

To focus deeper, keep a Distractions List The most effective productivity strategies are usually pretty simple, and keeping a distractions list is no different. For focusing more deeply, it’s in a league of its own. Here’s the tactic: As you focus on an important task, keep a sheet of paper by your side to capture all of the distractions that come up. I personally like keeping mine on these 4x6-inch Post-it notes. The key is to capture everything. When you want to stop working on what’s in front of you to check email, capture that on your distractions list so that you can re-focus on the task at hand. When you want to pick up your phone instead of writing, put that on the list too. When it occurs to you to follow up with someone, capture that as well. These days, it can be incredibly challenging to focus on one thing at a time. Especially when we’ve got emails flying in, tasks we need to remember to do, and ideas we need to capture that occur to us as we do something else. Keeping a distractions list is a simple tactic, but it’s a great hack for staying focused on one thing at a time. As a bonus, when you’re finished with the task you intended to focus on, you get to go to town on your list. I personally capture every distraction that tries to derail my attention as I focus. Then, once my focus timer goes off, I engage with every distraction on the list—many of which were originally an impulse to engage with something interesting, like checking my social media accounts. Not all interruptions and distractions are within our control. But more often than not, the things that derail your attention as you work are. Keeping a distractions list is worthwhile if you want to focus more deeply and accomplish more in the same amount of time—while enjoying yourself guilt-free afterward. — If you like these ideas, I’m developing a comprehensive course on overcoming procrastination, which will also cover combatting overwhelm. If you want me to let you know when it goes live, click here! Read the Full Article

One practical "secret", with Gretchen Rubin Check out Gretchen Rubin's new book Secrets of Adulthood. I asked Gretchen if she could share one practical, tactical strategy from her book exclusively with you, my newsletter subscribers. Here's what she wrote! I highly recommend the book: "My new book Secrets of Adulthood includes a “secret” that I think that readers will find very useful: Working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination. Sometimes, when I’m facing a big task, I get the urge to clean my office or do endless research on random subjects. I’m not slacking off—I’m not reading in bed or watching TV. I’m being productive! Now, however, I recognize that being busy doesn’t mean I’m using my time well. In fact, I’m wary when I get the impulse to do a certain kind of work, such as clean out my email inbox. When I have an important looming task, that’s what I should tackle. Because it is so well-disguised, working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination." — Gretchen Rubin Get The Book!

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