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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.
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is possible to feel that one has no faults. Why? Because after
discovering that one’s ideas and behaviors are imperfect, if one always
immediately corrects them, this is maintaining a state of faultlessness.
Master Sheng-Yen, “How to Be Faultless”
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A recording from the archive dating back 2 decades has just been added to the website:
DESCRIPTION:
The Buddha outlined the '3 Characteristics of Existence' as Impermanence, Unsatisfactoriness, and Non-Self (or anatta).
In this talk, Wes shares how these are foundational to the path of meditation.
Highlights include:
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Wes Nisker, the co-founder and editor of the international Buddhist journal Inquiring Minds, has practiced Vipassana meditation for 30 years. He is the author of "Buddha's Nature: Evolution as a Guide to Enlightenment," "Crazy Wisdom: A Romp Through the Philosophies of East and West," and "The Buddha, the Big Bang, and the Baby Boom: The Spiritual Experiments of My Generation."
In addition to leading a regular sitting group in Berkeley, he teaches classes in meditation and philosophy at Spirit Rock and at other locations around the country.
Learn more at https://wesnisker.com/
The effort isn’t in trying to stop the mind but in paying attention in a receptive way to what’s actually happening.
Mark Van Buren, “Accept Whatever the Mind Is Doing”
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