Via Daily Dharma: Everything We Encounter Is Our Life

 

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Everything We Encounter Is Our Life The 'world' is not some entity that exists apart from us; the 'world' is where we function. Likewise, the life of the true Self is not some entity apart from our functioning and working. Everything we encounter is our life. Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, “Everything You Encounter Is Your Life” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Realization By Phra Ajaan Fuang Jotiko, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu A late Forest Tradition teacher on the insights that come from seeing things as separate. Read more »

Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Living: Abstaining from Harming Living Beings

 

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RIGHT LIVING Undertaking the Commitment to Abstain from Harming Living Beings Harming living beings is unhealthy. Refraining from harming living beings is healthy. (MN 9) Abandoning the harming of living beings, one abstains from harming living beings; with rod and weapon laid aside, gentle and kindly, one abides with compassion toward all living beings. (MN 41) One practices thus: "Others may harm living beings, but I will abstain from the harming of living beings." (MN 8) A person reflects thus: "I am one who wishes to live, who does not wish to die. If someone were to take my life, that would not be pleasing and agreeable to me. Now if I were to take the life of another, that would not be pleasing and agreeable to the other either. How can I inflict upon another what is displeasing and disagreeable to me?" Having reflected thus, one abstains from the destruction of life, exhorts others to abstain from it, and speaks in praise of abstinence from it. (SN 55.7)

Reflection This is one way of stating the Golden Rule found the world over: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." It requires that we consider the feelings of another to be as important as our own. Once this insight is well understood, it becomes a matter of following your own nature rather than following a rule. You become incapable of cruelty or selfish exploitation. Daily Practice The practice of non-harming (Sanskrit: ahimsa) consists first and foremost of caring for others to the extent that we cannot consciously want to harm them. But notice that this teaching goes farther, also encouraging us to speak openly about the value of abstaining from causing harm. The challenge is to do this with a mind of lovingkindness. How can we condemn the causing of harm without wishing harm to those who cause it?  Tomorrow: Maintaining Arisen Healthy States One week from today: Abstaining from Harming Living Beings Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Action: Reflecting upon Bodily Action

 

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RIGHT ACTION Reflecting Upon Bodily 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 bodily action is to be done with repeated reflection. (MN 61) When you are doing an action with the body, reflect on that same bodily action thus: "Does this action I am doing with the body lead to my own affliction?" If, on reflection, you know that it does, then stop doing it; if you know that it does not, then continue. (MN 61)

Reflection Here we have a plain appeal for continuous mindfulness of the body. It is not a practice only for the meditation hall or focused only on breathing but is a habit of conscious living, of conscious awareness of how the body is disposed and moves. When doing something, know that you are doing it. Do one thing at a time. You might say, "Anything worth doing is worth doing deliberately." Daily Practice Every single thing we do can be done with greater awareness. We are so accustomed to allowing our behavior to be guided by unconscious habit so the mind can be wrapped up in something else. But this deprives us of the opportunity to guide our actions ethically. As you become consciously aware of what you do unconsciously, notice that you can intervene when necessary and tell yourself to stop any action that is unethical. Tomorrow: Abstaining from Harming Living Beings One week from today: Reflecting upon Verbal 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: Feel Deeply

 

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Feel Deeply You don’t get part of a human life without feeling all of it. You don’t get to love without knowing that you are going to lose the one you love or they will lose you. Jane Hirshfield, “Don’t Despair of This Falling World” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Spiritual Bypassing and the Plight of Ingyinbin By Joah McGee As the Burmese spiritual center becomes the focal point of a violent campaign by the military junta, one practitioner asks why the greater Vipassana Organization has remained silent. Read more »

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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - December 25, 2024 💌

 

"I would say that most of us stay locked in our separateness and we are very frightened of coming out of it, we feel very vulnerable. In truth you’re not vulnerable at all. Who you think you are is vulnerable. Who you are is not vulnerable. This is the truth of it. That’s what Christ was saying over and over again but nobody seemed to want to hear him. You are not vulnerable, but you experience that you are. So it’s very hard for you to open your heart to another being whose love is conditional. Because they’re saying, ‘I will love you as long as you’re a certain way’ and you keep protecting yourself. So you find it very easy to open yourself sometimes to inanimate objects, or to an animal, or to a memory, or to a very young child that’s very innocent, before it develops any kind of definition of itself that starts to manipulate the universe to get what it needs. When you’re with a guru, the guru realizes that they’re not vulnerable, they don’t need you to do anything. They just need you to be what you are, so their love is unconditional. When you’re in the presence of unconditional love, that’s the optimum environment for your heart to open."

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Via GBF: 21 Videos Added to the GBF Website

The last of the VIDEOS from the archive have been added to our growing library of dharma talks! 

 

The next videos will be posted in March, when we will continue to add new videos weekly as they are recorded. 

Where to Find the Videos

• 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.) 
• 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 the 21 most recently added:

1. Embracing The 6 Paramis – Jokai
2. Being a Warrior of Compassion – Dale Borglum
3. A Bridge Over Troubled Water – Laura Burges
4. The Brahma Vihāras (Divine Abodes) – Walt Opie
5. The Truth of Old Age, Sickness, Death and Awakening – Bob Stahl
6. Gay Pride and Our Ordinary Life – Liên Shutt
7. The Pure Love of Metta – John Martin
8. The Thousand Natural Shocks – Laura Burges
9. The Role of Pleasure in Our Practice – René Rivera
10. Wise Speech in Difficult Times – Tom Baker
11. The Dance of Change – Syra Smith
12. Living Our Practice – Kevin Griffin
13. The Wisdom Within the Heart Sutra – Prasadachitta
14. Thinking vs. Experiencing – David Lewis
15. Generosity as a Means to Joy – Ian Challis
16. Jewels From Our Dark Places – Laura Burges
17. What Makes GBF Tick? – Volunteer Appreciation Day
18. The Stories We Tell Ourselves – Daigan Gaither
19. Navigating Missteps in Our Relationships – René Rivera
20. The Diamond Approach: Knowing Ourselves from the Inside Out – Trip Weil
21. How to Quiet the Monkey Mind – Michaiel Patrick Bovenes