When
we are able to fully appreciate the basic activities of eating and
drinking, we discover an ancient secret, the secret of how to become
content and at ease.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Monday, September 20, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Bountiful Space
When
we can step back and see everything, that’s when we start experiencing
realization and enlightenment. We see the nature of everything because
we have the flexibility and the adaptability; we can spread out.
—Interview with Lama Rod Owens by Nina Herzog, “A Love Song to My Anger”
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Sunday, September 19, 2021
Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - September 19, 2021 💌
Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and Goddesses is no reason to not know your zip code.
- Ram Dass -
Via Daily Dharma: Awaken To Joy
Awakening
to your own joy can be as simple as taking delight in a gorgeous
blooming flower, hearing the sound of your beloved’s voice, or noticing
the way your favorite song soothes your heart.
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Make Practice Your Own
Enlightenment
and mastery are great goals, but not required to reap the benefits of
Buddhism. The main thing is to have a practice, and to keep it alive,
personally relevant, and engaged. Make it your own, and bring it with
you everywhere.
Via Tricycle // White House Hosts Its First Vesak
White House Hosts Its First Vesak
By Alison Spiegel
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Via Tricycle // Meditation Month 2021: Silent Illumination: Guo Gu
Meditation Month 2021: Silent Illumination
Guo Gu
Relax and Connect
Meditation Month is back! Join us for our annual challenge to commit to a daily meditation practice throughout the month of March. This year, our Meditation Month teacher Guo Gu will guide us through the Chan (Zen) practice of silent illumination, which reveals our innate capacity for awakening. A new video will be released each week introducing an approach to meditation and building on the previous weeks’ teachings. These instructions and tips from Guo Gu are designed to help you develop a regular practice and connect to your experience at each moment. Guo Gu will introduce fundamental relaxation and awareness practices then progressing to silent illumination.
Guo Gu (Dr. Jimmy Yu) is the founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center and Dharma Relief, a socially engaged intra-denominational Buddhist organization. He is a professor of Buddhism and East Asian religions at Florida State University. Guo Gu was a monk for nine years and one of the late Master Sheng Yen’s senior and closest disciples. He is the author of Silent Illumination (2021), The Essence of Chan (2020), and Passing Through the Gateless Barrier (2016). To connect with Guo Gu, visit GuoGuLaoshi.com.
Friday, September 17, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Relax Into Awareness
To be fully awake is the normal
human condition. It expresses the deepest truth of our nature, our
oneness with the energy of the universe. We meditate and study and
practice to penetrate into, or relax into, this awareness.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Via Daily Dharma: Finding Direction
Even our worst failures and misdeeds point us in the right direction.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Via Studies in Comparative Religion
The Mystery of the Great Labyrinth, Chartres Cathedral
by
John James
Source: Studies in Comparative Religion, Vol. 11, No. 2. (Spring, 1977). © World Wisdom, Inc.
www.studiesincomparativereligion.com
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Via Facebook // When IGNORANCE SCREAMS, intelligence moves on.
The donkey told the tiger, "The grass is blue."
The tiger replied, "No, the grass is green ."
The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the lion.
As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn't it true that the grass is blue?"
The lion replied: "If you believe it is true, the grass is blue."
The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The tiger disagrees with me, contradicts me and annoys me. Please punish him."
The king then declared: ′′The tiger will be punished with 3 days of silence."
The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating ′′The grass is blue, the grass is blue..."
The tiger asked the lion, "Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after all, the grass is green?"
The lion replied, ′′You've known and seen the grass is green."
The tiger asked, ′′So why do you punish me?"
The lion replied, "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is degrading for a brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with an ass, and on top of that, you came and bothered me with that question just to validate something you already knew was true!"
The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn't care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on discussions that make no sense.
There are people who, for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability to understand. Others who are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and the only thing that they want is to be right even if they aren’t.
When IGNORANCE SCREAMS, intelligence moves on.
Via Lion´s Roar // Resilience: Self-Care for Tough Times
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Via LION´S ROAR // Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There
“Even in our imperfect practice enlightenment is there,” says Suzuki Roshi. “We just don’t know it.”
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