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.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Via Daily Dharma: Develop a Balance
Just
as meditation requires ... determination to carry it out, likewise it
requires a sense of balance to determine when to push ourselves harder
and when to step back and relax where we are.
—Lama Dudjom Dorjee, “Heartfelt Advice”
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Monday, November 9, 2020
Via Daily Dharma: Recognizing Our Dependence
There is no self-grounding inner core of the individual. Our lives are entirely dependent processes.
—William S. Cobb, “The Game of Go”
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Sunday, November 8, 2020
Via Tricycle // The Third Harmony
Directed by Michael Nagler
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Via Daily Dharma: Guard Your Mind’s Door
Mindfulness
is said to protect the mind from the intrusion of unwanted
elements—whether they be from the senses or from thoughts—like a guard
at the door.
—Robert E. Buswell, Jr. and Donald S. Lopez Jr., “Which Mindfulness?”
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Mushim Patricia Ikeda Responds to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
Today, November 6, 2020, the United States, my home, is a nation divided against itself, with all sides striving to win. This is the karma of white supremacy and colonization manifesting in the midst of a global pandemic and climate crisis. I live in California, a state that is, literally, on fire.
The Buddha said this:
Winning gives birth to hostility.
Losing, one lies down in pain.
The calmed lie down with ease,
having set
winning & losing
aside.
“Winning gives birth to hostility.” Another translator more colloquially put it this way: “The winner sows hatred because the loser suffers.”
I believe in strategic political action and liberatory movement-building. I have cast my vote. And these are my Bodhisattva vows as I move with you into the coming months and years: What actions can I take to lessen hostility and extreme reactivity, and to encourage civil discourse and respectful democratic process?
May we all complete the great journey of awakening together.
Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - November 8, 2020 💌
You took birth here because you had certain work to do. This is your curriculum. It's not an error. Where you are now with all your neuroses and your problems, you're sitting in just the right place.
- Ram Dass -
Via Mushim Patricia Ikeda EBMC Sangha
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Via Tricycle // Buddhism for Beginners: The Many Buddhist Traditions
Buddhism for Beginners: The Many Buddhist Traditions
Via Daily Dharma: Transforming Through Spiritual Practice
Through
spiritual practice, you can come to see yourself and your life clearly.
And when you can see clearly, you can transform any situation.
—Interview with Tina Turner by Clark Strand, “Absolutely, Indestructibly Happy”
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7º Festival Cinema e Transcendência: 7 a 27 de novembro
7º Festival Cinema e Transcendência: 7 a 27 de novembro Venha participar do único festival no Brasil que se dedica à experiência de transformação pessoal a partir do cinema. Nesta edição a programação será 100% on-line, apresentando 12 longas-metragens que tocam nosso mundo interior em sessões diárias (terça a domingo), às 21h. O festival ainda apresentará as atividades extras: bate-papo online com o neurocientista Sidarta Ribeiro (12/11, 20h) e com a Monja Coen (14/11, 20h); uma prática de meditação sonora, a Medittasom (15/11, 18h30); e o show Expresso do Oriente, com sitar e alaúde turco, transmitido diretamente do teatro do CCBB Brasília, ao vivo, na abertura do Festival (7/11, 20h). Haverá ainda uma homenagem ao Dia da Consciência Negra, no final de semana de 20 a 22/11, com filmes e debates. Acesse toda a programação gratuitamente festivalcinemaetranscendencia.
Friday, November 6, 2020
Via Daily Dharma: The Foundation of Generosity
Gratitude, the simple and profound feeling of being thankful, is the foundation of all generosity.
—Sallie Tisdale, “As If There Is Nothing to Lose”
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Via FB // Frodo & Sam
Found this in someone´s comments today:
Via Spotlight on David Hinton | Author of China Root from Shambhala Publications
Experience the Wild Beauty of Hunger Mountain
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