VIA Daily Dharma: Tranquility Supports Wisdom

 

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Tranquility Supports Wisdom With the support of tranquility, what is wise will often be obvious and simple. This is especially true in meditation; everyone has the ability to be wise in meditation, provided we are not too agitated to recognize it. Gil Fronsdal, “A Satisfying State of Happiness” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

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Noteworthy Constantine I 0306 - CONSTANTINE I  proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops on this date. Constantine is perhaps best known for being the first Christian Roman Emperor. His reign was a turning point for the Christian Church. In 313 Constantine announced toleration of Christianity in the Edict of Milan, which removed penalties for professing Christianity (under which many had been martyred in previous persecutions of Christians) and returned confiscated Church property. Though a similar edict had been issued in 311 by Galerius, then senior emperor of the Tetrarchy, Constantine's lengthy rule, conversion, and patronage of the Church redefined the status of Christianity in the empire and marked the beginning of the blurring of the lines between Church and state for millennium. In hoc signo vinces (In this sign we conquer) he said…and he wasn’t kidding. His heirs, his three sons, proceeded to eradicate the pagans and their culture.

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Via Daily Dharma: A Free Body

 

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A Free Body A free body is a relaxed body, an open body. The foundation of all of our not knowing, of all our deeper, freer ways of knowing, is embodied presence.  Martin Aylward, “Why We Should Turn Towards Mystery” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Buddhist Women Gather to Discuss Ordination, Social Justice, and Solidarity By Amy Paris Langenberg The 19th Sakyadhita Conference brought together 400 participants in Kuching, Malaysia, to address issues facing Buddhist women. Read more »

Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Effort: Developing Unarisen Healthy States

 

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RIGHT EFFORT Developing Unarisen Healthy States Whatever a person frequently thinks about and ponders, that will become the inclination of their mind. If one frequently thinks about and ponders healthy states, one has abandoned unhealthy states to cultivate healthy states, and then one’s mind inclines to healthy states. (MN 19) Here a person rouses the will, makes an effort, stirs up energy, exerts the mind, and strives to develop the arising of unarisen healthy mental states. One develops the unarisen awakening factor of energy. (MN 141)

Reflection Energy is a word with many different meanings in English. Here it refers to a mental state that may or may not co-arise with other mental states. Its presence or absence determines how much effort we put into whatever we are doing in any given moment. Energy levels can be adjusted by intention. Sometimes we need to put more effort into what we are doing; sometimes we need to back off and stop trying so hard. Daily Practice Since our concern here is developing healthy states, working with energy is a means of supporting such things as practicing when you don't feel like it, being patient when your impulses are urging otherwise, and looking more closely at a situation to see where the wisdom is to be found in it. Think of energy as an impersonal factor you can either dial up or dial down, depending on the situation. Tomorrow: Establishing Mindfulness of Mind and Abiding in the Third Jhāna One week from today: Maintaining Arisen Healthy States Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Vua Daily Dharma: Uncertainty and Impermanence

 

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Uncertainty and Impermanence We don’t know when love will arrive. We don’t know when it will fade. We can only know that the unexpected will happen, that certainty is a falsity, and that things will be impermanent regardless of how tightly we clench our fists around them. Sunita Puri, “A Gift” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Living: Abstaining from Misbehaving Among Sensual Pleasures

 

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RIGHT LIVING Undertaking the Commitment to Abstain from Misbehaving Among Sensual Pleasures Sensual misconduct is unhealthy. Refraining from sensual misconduct is healthy. (MN 9) Abandoning sensual misconduct, one abstains from misbehaving among sensual pleasures. (MN 41) One practices thus: “Others may engage in sensual misconduct, but I will abstain from sensual misconduct.” (MN 8) Odors cognizable by the nose are of two kinds: those to be cultivated and those not to be cultivated. Such odors as cause, in one who cultivates them, unhealthy states to increase and healthy states to diminish, such odors are not to be cultivated. But such odors as cause, in one who cultivates them, unhealthy states to diminish and healthy states to increase, such odors are to be cultivated. (MN 114)

Reflection The point here is not that some things smell good and some smell bad. Rather it is that some odors provoke unhealthy states in us and some incline us toward healthy states. As usual, the emphasis is on the mental and emotional response to sensory input and not on the quality of that data. The key is to avoid the tendency for the odor to give rise to craving, either craving for more pleasure or craving for pain to go away. Daily Practice Here you have another invitation to abide in your experience with equanimity, to be acutely aware of something, in this case an odor, without being driven by that information into responding with attraction or aversion. Smells are a good way to practice equanimity, since it is so easy to observe the mind being automatically hijacked by pleasure or displeasure into liking or not liking the smell. Tomorrow: Developing Unarisen Healthy States One week from today: Abstaining from Intoxication 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: Emptiness in Perspective

 

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Emptiness in Perspective Emptiness is not a denial of existence but a subtler perspective that all phenomena are impermanent and interrelated. Miranda Shaw, PhD, “Mothers of Liberation” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

The Five Opponent Powers By Vanessa Zuisei Goddard The guiding teacher of Ocean Mind Sangha explains the Buddhist factors that make up repentance and atonement.  Read more »