A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Saturday, August 8, 2020
Via Daily Dharma: What Boredom Can Teach Us
When
we feel bored or ill at ease, instead of trying to avoid these feelings
by staying busy or buying another fancy gadget, we [can] learn to look
more clearly at our impulses, attitudes, and defenses.
—Ajahn Sucitto, “From Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha’s First Teaching”
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Friday, August 7, 2020
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