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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Intention: Cultivating Equanimity

 

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RIGHT INTENTION Cultivating Equanimity Whatever you intend, whatever you plan, and whatever you have a tendency toward, that will become the basis on which your mind is established. (SN 12.40) Develop meditation on equanimity, for when you develop meditation on equanimity, all aversion is abandoned. (MN 62)  Equanimity succeeds when it makes attraction and aversion subside. (Vm 9.96) Having touched a sensation with the body, one is neither glad-minded nor sad-minded, but abides with equanimity, mindful and fully aware. (AN 6.1)

Reflection Desire can be plotted on a spectrum from strong attraction at one extreme through weaker forms of favoring to first mild and then very strong forms of aversion. At the center point of this range is equanimity, which involves looking upon things with awareness but without positive or negative desire (attraction or aversion). This is not indifference! It is the ability to see clearly, without the interference of desire.  Daily Practice Practice cultivating equanimity in the attitude you take toward the physical sensations felt in the body. We are used to favoring the good ones and opposing the bad ones. Instead, practice regarding both in the same way: aware that the sensation is present, but not categorizing it into liked or disliked. Notice what it feels like to just experience the sensation in a pure way, without the distortions imposed on the mind by desire. Tomorrow: Refraining from Frivolous Speech One week from today: Cultivating Lovingkindness Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Awakening Is the Fruit of Action Awakening is based not on what you agree to as right but on what you do and what you experience as a result of what you do. Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “Things as They Can Be” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

I Think the Clock is Broken By Christopher Rivas When we’re so concerned with the time that’s passed, we often forget the time we have. Read more »

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 I do not speak the

language of the mind

My speech appears Silent

I speak directly

Heart to Heart

If you cannot hear me

then shut the gates

of your eyes and ears

Go within beyond mind

deeper to the stillness

of the Silence within

Listen there and you

will hear the melodies

of Heart to Heart music

The symphonic bliss of my

Heart singing only to yours

Now open your eyes

and finally see the

Reality of Existence

With an empty mind and

a pure Heart all of the

worlds miracles abound

Hear the reverberating

noise culminating

in primordial OM

Awakening occurs as you

know you’re finally home

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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right View: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Way to the Cessation of Suffering

 

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RIGHT VIEW Understanding the Noble Truth of the Way to the Cessation of Suffering And what is the way leading to the cessation of suffering? It is just this noble eightfold path: that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. (MN 9) One perfects their ethical behavior by abandoning the taking of what is not given … (DN 2)

Reflection A lot of human activity revolves around giving and taking, and the early Buddhist teachings are very sensitive to both. We are encouraged to give as generously as possible, as this loosens attachments and cultivates goodwill toward others. Great care is called for around the matter of taking, and the precept about taking what is not given is far stricter than a simple injunction against stealing. Daily Practice Being very scrupulous about things that do not belong to us is a practice in itself. It requires us to be more aware of our relationship to things and more attentive to the social cues given by others. Notice how it feels when somebody touches something you regard as not belonging to you (say a stick on the ground) and when they touch something you cherish (such as your phone). See how ownership triggers suffering? Tomorrow: Cultivating Equanimity One week from today: Understanding the Noble Truth of Suffering 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: Pay Closer Attention

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Pay Closer Attention The antidote for the poison of boredom is simply to pay closer attention. There is always something happening, no matter how subtle. One of the truths of life and phenomena is that everything is always changing. Kimberly Brown, “The Antidote to Boredom” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

What is Real? By Clark Strand This winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge offers a simple answer to the question that haunts the digital age. Read more »

 

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