We
have within us the seeds of despair, of anger, but we also have the
seeds of compassion, awakening, Buddha-nature, and mindfulness.
—Thich Nhat Hanh, “Waking Up the Nation”
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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, February 27, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Water the Seeds of Wisdom Inbox
Friday, February 26, 2021
Via Tricycle - Three Buddhist Romeos
By Amanda Lim Patton
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Via Daily Dharma: Train Yourself to Stay
The
steadfastness we develop in meditation is a willingness to stay. It may
seem silly, but meditation actually isn’t too unlike training a dog! We
learn to stay.
—Pema Chödrön, “Making Friends with Oneself”
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Via Tricycle // Lockdown Dharma
Lockdown Dharma
By Liz Kineke
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Via Daily Dharma: Creating Your World
According
to Buddhism, there is no one in charge of the universe who distributes
rewards and punishments. We create the causes by our actions, and we
experience their results.
—Ven. Thubten Chodron, “What Is Karma?”
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Via LGBTQ Nation // 5.6% of American adults say they are LGBTQ. Over half identify as bisexual
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5.6% of American adults say they are LGBTQ. Over half identify as bisexual.
The number of LGBTQ Americans coming out and claiming their identity just keeps growing.
Via Tricycle // What’s in a Word? Prajñā
What’s in a Word? Prajñā
By Andrew Olendzki
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Via Daily Dharma: Living in an Interconnected World
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as smoke from a chimney disperses into the air, we should disperse our
sense of “group” or “family” and truly participate in the life around
us.
—Master Sheng-Yen, “As Spacious as Nature”
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
The Obligatory Prayers
Bahá’u’lláh invested a few prayers with special power. These include three obligatory prayers revealed by Him. Bahá’ís recite one of these each day: either a short prayer of a few brief lines, which is said between noon and sunset; a medium obligatory prayer of several verses, which is recited in the morning, at noon, and in the evening; or a long prayer, which is recited once in twenty-four hours.