Tuesday, October 8, 2013
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 8, 2013
A Serious Engagement
When
we engage seriously with the Buddhist tradition we learn other ways of
construing the world, other stories we can tell about the way things
are, and these can be cogent, coherent, and compelling in their own way.
This is not to argue for a naive acceptance of Buddhist epistemology
and cosmology. But we won't see what Buddhism has to offer if, at the
outset, we twist it out of shape to make it conform to contemporary
norms.
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- Robert Sharf, "Losing Our Religion"
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Monday, October 7, 2013
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 7, 2013
Spacious Mind
Noticing
the space around people and things provides a different way of looking
at them, and developing this spacious view is a way of opening oneself.
When one has a spacious mind, there is room for everything. When one has
a narrow mind, there is room for only a few things.
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- Ajahn Sumedho, “Noticing Space”
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Sunday, October 6, 2013
Via JMG: CALIFORNIA: Governor Signs Bill Allowing Children More Than Two Legal Parents
After vetoing a similar measure last year, California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill which allows children to have more than two legal parents.
Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) said he authored the measure to address the changes in family structure in California, including situations in which same-sex couples have a child with an opposite-sex biological parent. The law will allow the courts to recognize three or more legal parents so that custody and financial responsibility can be shared by all those involved in raising a child, Leno said. "Courts need the ability to recognize these changes so children are supported by the adults that play a central role in loving and caring for them," Leno said. "It is critical that judges have the ability to recognize the roles of all parents so that no child has to endure separation from one of the adults he or she has always known as a parent."Anti-gay groups, of course, are furious about the bill.
Labels: California, gay families, gay parenting, Mark Leno
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 6, 2013
Forgive
Forgiveness
is really not about someone’s harmful behavior; it’s about our own
relationship with our past. When we begin the work of forgiveness, it is
primarily a practice for ourselves.
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- Gina Sharpe, “The Power of Forgiveness”
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
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The gay Marine whose homecoming kiss went globally viral last year got married to his boyfriend yesterday in a small town the Finger Lakes area of western New York. Hit the link for more.
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Friday, October 4, 2013
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 4, 2013
Nothing to Get, Everything to Give
On
the spiritual path, there's nothing to get, and everything to get rid
of. Obviously, the first thing to let go of is trying to 'get' love, and
instead to give it. That's the secret of the spiritual path. How can we
give ourselves? By not holding back. By not wanting for ourselves. If
we want to be loved, we are looking for a support system. If we want to
love, we are looking for spiritual growth.
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- Ayya Khema, "What Love Is"
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
Via JMG: Germany Unveils Rainbow Olympic Outfits
German athletes will wear the above rainbow-hued uniforms at the Sochi
Olympics, but officials insist the design is not intended as a
commentary on Russia's anti-gay laws. Der Spiegel reports:
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The uniforms were created by German designer Willy Bogner, in cooperation with Adidas and the shoe company Sioux. Bogner claims they were an homage to the aesthetics of the 1972 Munich Summer Games and said he wanted to create a "celebratory design, inspired by the great atmosphere of the times." It conveniently comes in the wake of Munich's announcement that it will bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which, if it is successful, would make it the first city ever to have hosted both the winter and summer games.The German Olympic Sports Confederation insists that the design was finalized "before the Russian protests had even begun." (Tipped by JMG reader Elroy)
But other commentators have seen a more explicitly political message in the uniforms. On Twitter, German users interpreted the uniforms "as a rainbow pattern" and as a "clear political statement." "Looks great, like a gay and lesbian pride parade," wrote one user. "Extremely hideous -- but a well-intentioned move supporting the rights of gays and lesbians," wrote another. The official description, which claims the outfits "were created using colors and materials specially tailored to the conditions in Sochi" seemed to, in ambiguous fashion, support that interpretation.
Labels: Germany, Russia, Sochi Olympics, sports
Via the Advocate: Two Same-Sex Couples Married in Colombia
September 30 2013 5:22 PM ET
Two same-sex couples have become the first to be legally married in Colombia, reports LGBT Latino blog Blabbeando.
Colombian attorney and LGBT advocate Germán Humerto Rincón
Perfetti announced Wednesday that a civil court judge had declared
Julio Alberto Cantor Borbón and William Alberto Castro Franco "united in
civil matrimony" following a September 20 ceremony, according to Blabbeando.
On Monday, the nation's leading newspaper published a
front-page article announcing the legal marriage of Elizabeth Castillo
and Claudia Zea, who were also granted a marriage license by a different
civil court judge Wednesday.
"I join you in a legitimate civil matrimony with all of
the prerogatives and rights that civil law grants you and the same
obligations imposed by civil law," said the judge before he pronounced
the couple married, according to Blabbeando's translation of the Spanish-language article from El Espectador. The newspaper's headline read "Marriage Equality Is a Right" and featured a picture of the newlywed couple beaming.
Colombia has been on a long journey to embracing marriage
equality, but last week's rulings seem to clear the way for same-sex
couples throughout the nation to begin receiving marriage licenses.
In 2011, Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled that gay
and lesbian couples could legally register their relationships beginninh
June 20, 2013, if the nation's lawmakers failed to extend them the same
benefits to them guaranteed to heterosexual married couples. When
Congress failed to present any kind of marriage equality legislation,
same-sex couples in Colombia began filing June 21 to register their relationships.
But at that time, it was still unclear whether those relationships
would be recognized as marriages or some other form of union.
Marriage equality advocates with the LGBT group Colombia
Diversa reported that dozens of same-sex couples had attempted to
register their relationships with local clerks since the June 20
deadline passed but were issued a document declaring their "solemn
union," according to Blabbeando. Colombia Diversa argued that
there is no legal structure to recognize a "solemn union" in Colombia's
family code, and since Congress failed to meet the deadline set by the
Constitutional Court, same-sex couples should automatically be allowed
to marry, as it's the only way to guarantee them the same rights and
privileges afforded to opposite-sex couples.
Blabbeando notes that the Colombian inspector
general has been a vocal opponent of marriage equality, fighting the
court ruling so vigorously that the Constitutional Court itself scolded
his staff twice and told Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez that his
office had no legal right to interfere in these cases.
Colombia joins a handful of other Latin American nations that embrace marriage equality, including Argentina, Uruguay, and many regions in Brazil. Some states in Mexico, including the nation's capital, Mexico City, also perform same-sex marriages, and the nation's highest court ruled in 2010 that same-sex marriages performed in marriage equality jurisdictions must be recognized and honored throughout Mexico. Last year,
the Mexican Supreme Court struck down a ban on same-sex marriage in the
southern state of Oaxaca, effectively changing that state's civil code
to say that marriage takes place "between two people" rather than
"between a man and a woman."
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 3, 2013
Letting Go
Letting
go of fixation is effectively a process of learning to be free, because
every time we let go of something, we become free of it. Whatever we
fixate upon limits us because fixation makes us dependent upon something
other than ourselves. Each time we let go of something, we experience
another level of freedom.
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- Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche, “Letting Go of Spiritual Experience”
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 2, 2013
The Art of Living
Vipassana
teaches the art of dying: how to die peacefully, harmoniously. And one
learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become
master of the present moment.
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- S. N. Goenka, "S. N. Goenka, Pioneer of Secular Meditation Movement, Dies at 90"
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Via JMG: Olympian Bode Miller Slams Russia
"'I think it's absolutely embarrassing that there's countries and there's people who are that intolerant and that ignorant," he said Monday, one of the few athletes willing to take a stand on the subject at the U.S. Olympic media summit featuring Sochi hopefuls. 'But it's not the first time," Miller said. "We've been dealing with human-rights issues probably since there were humans." At 35 and with five Olympic medals to his credit, Miller is trying for his fifth Winter Games. He has, over the years, built a reputation as an unconventional firebrand, unafraid to state his opinion on sports, skiing or society in general. He said the Russian law puts athletes in an awkward position. "I think it's unfortunate when they get stuffed together because there are politics in sports and athletics," Miller said. "They always are intertwined, even though people try to keep them separate or try to act like they're separate. Asking an athlete to go somewhere and compete and be a representative of a philosophy and ... then tell them they can't express their views or they can't say what they believe, I think is pretty hypocritical or unfair."
Labels: Russia, Sochi Olympics, sports, straight allies
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