Via GBF:20 New Videos of Dharma Talks

This month we added 20 more VIDEOS to our growing library of dharma talks. Between now and the end of the year, we will post 20 more videos each month. 

Where to Find the Videos

1. On the GBF YouTube channel, in our Dharma Talks - VIDEO playlist
   Be sure to subscribe to the channel to be notified immediately when each new video is posted. 
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3. On the GBF website. Each talk has its own page where the audio and video are posted along with a summary. Here are links directly to those most recently added:

• Waking Up to the Nature of Reality – David Lewis
• A Bridge Over Troubled Water – Laura Burges
• Rebuilding Trust – Steven Tierney
• Making Peace with Our Life – Bob Stahl
• The Complex Emotion of Shame – Ian Challis
• Devotional Practices – Trip Weil
• Listening To Ourselves – Daigan Gaither
• Loving-Kindness as Our Core State – Kevin Griffin
• Cultivating Unconditional Happiness – John Martin
• The 6 Perfections – Jetsun Zerdan Kelsang Phunrab
• Vowing to Become Whole – Dale Borglum
• Navigating Holidays with the Dharma – Laura Burges
• Resistance and Equanimity – Alistair Shanks 
• Why Do We Meditate? – David Lewis 
• Buddhist Faith – Daigan Gaither 
• Embodied Relaxation – Anjali Sawhney
• Healthy Anger, Part 2 – Dave Richo
• The Eight Worldly Winds – Sean Feit Oakes
• Evacuating Gay Afghan Refugees – Joe Rodriguez

Enjoy!

Love & Light,

Tom Bruein

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Action: Reflecting upon Social Action

 

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RIGHT ACTION Reflecting Upon Social Action However the seed is planted, in that way the fruit is gathered. Good things come from doing good deeds; bad things come from doing bad deeds. (SN 11.10) What is the purpose of a mirror? For the purpose of reflection. So too social action is to be done with repeated reflection. (MN 61) A person is content with any clothing they may get, speaks in praise of such contentment, and does not try to obtain these things in improper or unsuitable ways. Not getting these things, one does not worry, and getting them one makes use of them without being greedy, obsessed, or infatuated, observing such potential dangers and wisely aware of how to escape them. (AN 4.28)

Reflection Just as we practiced cultivating contentment in regard to food last month, today we are invited to work with our relationship to clothing. Discontent is a persistent cause of social discord, and contentment contributes to people getting along with one another. If we envy what other people have or yearn for something we don’t have, the seeds of unhappiness are sown and watered. Such suffering is unnecessary. Daily Practice We are not being asked here to have disdain for fashion, or taste, and it is not suggested that what we wear does not matter at all. As with so many other aspects of our lives, we are being invited here to examine the relationship we have with ordinary things such as the clothing we wear. It is healthy and helpful to focus more on what we have than on what we want and to avoid the pitfalls of becoming greedy, obsessed, or infatuated. Tomorrow: Abstaining from Intoxication One week from today: Reflecting upon Bodily Action Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Via Daily Dharma: Universal and Innate Potential

 

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Universal and Innate Potential The Buddha, in his radiant enlightenment and benevolence, not only welcomed everyone onto the path but also proclaimed that each of us—irrespective of gender, class, or background—holds the innate potential for enlightenment. Nhi Yến Đỗ Trần, “‘Is There a Woman Buddha?’” CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE Forward today's wisdom to a friend »

Four Buddhist Teachings on Emptiness By Simeon Mihaylov Tracing the history and evolution of the concept of sunyata. Read more »

Via The Tricycle Community \\ Three Teachings: Welcoming Vulnerability

 

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September 26, 2024 A Pathway to Empathy for Ourselves and Others   Not-self (anatman), one of Buddhism’s three marks of existence, tells us that there is no unchanging, permanent self. No one has a fixed or independent identity. Rather, each of us is a result of causes and conditions, and what we may think of as a solid self is constantly changing and interdependent on these similarly ever-changing causes and conditions. We exist in relation to everything and everyone around us. From this Buddhist perspective, we don’t have relationships; we are relationships. Acknowledging dependence on others may be uncomfortable for some, but as psychoanalyst and Zen teacher Barry Magid says, by opening up to others and accepting our reliance on them, we open up to ourselves. Vulnerability invites us to hold space for emotions and truths, even difficult ones, that arise within us.  Counterintuitive as it may seem, vulnerability, Magid says, is freeing. “As long as we are afraid of feeling vulnerable, our defenses will kick in to try to get life under control, to manipulate ourselves or other people. But instead of either controlling or sequestering our feelings, we can learn to both contain and feel them fully.”  As meditation teacher and author Tara Brach points out, we are all vulnerable, and embracing this “shared vulnerability” breaks down unnecessary walls. Ultimately, it gives rise to compassion.  This week’s Three Teachings welcomes vulnerability in life and practice, with each other and with ourselves.

Relationships Won’t Fix Our Problems, But They Can Help Us Grow By Barry Magid  Psychoanalyst and Zen teacher Barry Magid discusses the value of vulnerability—of opening up to each other and our emotions—even though it can, understandably, put us on edge.

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Exploring Vulnerable Compassion With Lama Rod Owens Meditation teacher, author, and activist Lama Rod Owens says, “Vulnerability is the development of empathy for ourselves.” Referencing his personal experience, he explains how vulnerability can lead to compassion.

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The Boundary of Our Freedom By Tara Brach Meditation teacher and author Tara Brach reflects on the potential of unconditional acceptance to lower the walls in our hearts and let the light shine through.

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Via JMG: Gay Parents Raising Kids: How Will They Fare?

 

Gay Parents Raising Kids: How Will They Fare?

Throughout many years of working with families, I’ve studied the lives of gay parents raising sons and daughters. In general, gay parents tend to be more motivated, more committed, and more thoughtful parents than heterosexual couples. That’s because they usually have to work very hard, and plan very far in advance, to become parents, and so rarely do so by accident.

The children, meanwhile, show few differences in achievement. They perform as well in school, at sports, and in extra-curriculars as peers with heterosexual parents. At the same time, they are more self-aware, more adept at communicating their feelings, and exhibit more empathy for people different from themselves. They learn early how to negotiate the outside environment, gauge other people’s motives, and assess how open they dare to be in specific situations. They are strong. In my work, I routinely saw how, with enough support from their families, children of gay parents developed skills at thinking independently and standing up for what they believed in. This distinguishes them from many children with straight parents.

 

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Speech: Refraining from Frivolous Speech

 

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RIGHT SPEECH Refraining from Frivolous Speech Frivolous speech is unhealthy. Refraining from frivolous speech is healthy. (MN 9) Abandoning frivolous speech, one refrains from frivolous speech. One speaks at the right time, speaks only what is fact, and speaks about what is good. One speaks what is worthy of being overheard, words that are reasonable, moderate, and beneficial. (DN 1) One practices thus: “Others may speak frivolously, but I shall abstain from frivolous speech.” (MN 8) A person should examine things in such a way that while examining them, their consciousness is not distracted and scattered externally, and not clinging, one does not become agitated. Then there is no origination of suffering (MN 138)

Reflection This passage seems written particularly for the 21st century, since so much of what we encounter every day seems designed to distract our consciousness and scatter it externally. Such distraction and scattering is in fact the very origin of suffering, because it leads us to become agitated and thereby to cling to one outcome or another. The whole process never gets started if we learn how to avoid or resist the distractions. Daily Practice Much of what distracts us and scatters our consciousness externally is the propensity for frivolous speech, both in the world around us and within ourselves. Is it asking too much to practice abstaining from unnecessary or unworthy speech at least once in a while? These days, learning to steer away from distraction and the scattering of our minds is a practice in itself, and we are likely to become less agitated if we are able to do it well. Tomorrow: Reflecting upon Social Action One week from today: Refraining from False Speech Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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