Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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Via Daily Dharma: The Intricacy of Karma

 

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The Intricacy of Karma

Karmic causality does not follow a straightforward arithmetic logic, as is often assumed. It is far more intricate and largely beyond ordinary understanding.

Jin Y. Park, “Karma as Active Resistance”


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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Intention: Cultivating Appreciative Joy

 

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Cultivating Appreciative Joy
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 appreciative joy, for when you develop meditation on appreciative joy, any discontent will be abandoned. (MN 62) 

The proximate cause of appreciative joy is seeing the success of other beings. (Vm 9.95)
Reflection
It comes naturally to us, for the most part, to feel good about good things happening to us. But this does not necessarily happen all the time. What if we could feel good twice as often or more? Why not experience that same emotion of appreciative joy when other people meet with success or good fortune? Instead of feeling jealousy or resentment, we can develop the skill of sharing in the good fortune of others.
Daily Practice
Look around you for examples of good things happening to other people. It can seem hard to find because of the negative bias of our news sources, but if you search a little you can find good news. When you do, allow yourself to feel gladness and joy for the good fortune of those people. Share in the appreciation and gratitude. You can only feel appreciative joy when you see or think about the success of others, so look for it.
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Monday, March 30, 2026

Via HRC Rapid Response //// Newest Attack on Marriage Equality


Daniel — the attacks on marriage equality just won't stop.

The latest: Lawmakers in at least NINE states have officially introduced measures to try and strip away our right to marry who we love.

This is on top of the attacks from anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups — like the ones behind the coordinated campaign called Greater Than (who ripped off our iconic Equality logo!).

Our opposition is well-funded, well-coordinated and determined to erase LGBTQ+ people from society for political gain. They've attacked transgender rights and HIV funding … and they won't let up on trying to take away our constitutional right to marriage equality.

But, we're fighting back and need your help.

Please make an emergency gift to HRC's Equality Defense Fund TODAY to ensure we have the funding to fight like hell to protect our hard-earned rights!

Daniel, our community was pivotal in making marriage equality the law of the land. We fought long and hard ... state by state ... allies and LGBTQ+ people united. We shifted public perception. And even when our backs were to the wall, we did not stay silent. We did not give up. We joined together to demand the right to marry who you love.

Today, the vast majority of Americans are with us on marriage equality. We passed the Respect for Marriage Act to protect marriage at the federal level. But with the ongoing efforts of our opponents to chip away at all our rights, we're at a critical moment where we must rise together once again. So please make an emergency gift TODAY to ensure we have the funding to protect all of our rights — especially the right to marry who you love!

Thank you for taking action with HRC.

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Via Daily Dharma: Feel No Thirst

 

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Feel No Thirst

You suffer because of thirst, and you suffer in the act of trying to assuage that thirst. To find the happiness of unbinding, you have to train the mind so that it no longer feels any thirst and no longer needs to feed.

Thānissaro Bhikkhu, “To Feed Is to Suffer”


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The Five Skandhas: Sensation
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Explore vedana, the second of the five “clinging-aggregates” that cause us to suffer. 
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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right View: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering

 

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Understanding the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering
What is the cessation of suffering? It is the remainderless fading away and ceasing, the giving up, relinquishing, letting go, and rejecting of craving. (MN 9)

When one knows and sees bodily sensations as they actually are, then one is not attached to bodily sensations. When one abides unattached, one is not infatuated, and one’s craving is abandoned. One’s bodily and mental troubles are abandoned, and one experiences bodily and mental well being. (MN 149)
Reflection
Since craving is the cause of suffering, the ending of craving will bring about the end of suffering. This is both a general principle and a dynamic that happens in every moment of lived experience. We are aware of something different every moment, and when we either hold on to that object or push it away, we feel discontent. Observing it with equanimity takes away the affliction, and everything simply becomes interesting.  
Daily Practice
Sensations flow through your body in a constant stream. Some you like, some you don’t like. It is natural to feel attached to the ones that feel good and to resist and resent the ones that don’t, but this itself is the cause of suffering—attachment and aversion. Practice just observing each sensation without attachment, without infatuation, and see for yourself how mindful equanimity results in bodily and mental well being.
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