Friday, November 9, 2012
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 9, 2012
The Meaning of Dharma
First,
one must get to know oneself. Then, having become familiar with
oneself, one can live one’s life more deeply. Living one’s life more
deeply is the meaning of dharma.
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- Ogyen Trinley Dorje, "Intelligence & Investigation"
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
JMG Photo Of The Day
Matt Stopera reports at Buzzfeed:
"Keesha Patterson of Ft. Washington, Maryland, proposed to her
girlfriend, Rowan Ha, during the election night victory rally at
President Barack Obama's headquarters in Chicago. Maryland voted in
favor of gay marriage last night." The best part is the onlookers. (Via Zack Ford @Think Progress)
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Via JMG: HomoQuotable - Dan Savage
"Now here's what I want to say: I know so many straight people in Seattle who worked unbelievably hard to approve R-74. They gave money, they volunteered their time, they reached out to friends and relatives and coworkers, all in an effort to make it possible for same-sex couples to marry. Gays and lesbians are a tiny percentage of the population. We couldn't do this on our own. A majority of the legislators who voted for same-sex marriage? Straight. The governor who signed the law making same-sex marriage legal in Washington state? Straight. The majority of the folks manning the phone banks for R-74? Straight. The overwhelming majority of people who voted to approve R-74? Straight. The president who took a huge political risk and came out for marriage equality before his reelection campaign? Straight. It has gotten better for us—better, not perfect—but it hasn't gotten better for us in a vacuum. It's gotten better for us because straight people have gotten better about us." - Dan Savage, writing for Slog.
Labels: American history, Dan Savage, HomoQuotable, LGBT History, LGBT rights, marriage equality, straight allies, Washington state
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 8, 2012
Radiant Equanimity
Equanimity,
one of the most sublime emotions of Buddhist practice, is the ground
for wisdom and freedom and the protector of compassion and love. While
some may think of equanimity as dry neutrality or cool aloofness, mature
equanimity produces a radiance and warmth of being.
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- Gil Fronsdal, "A Perfect Balance"
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
JMG Quote Of The Day - Chris Kluwe
"I
would like to thank every single person that helped defeat the same-sex
marriage ban in Minnesota, as well as every person who contributed to
passing marriage-equality legislation in Maryland and Maine and (likely)
Washington. Together, we made a statement that America is tired of
division. America is tired of discrimination, of exclusion, and of
unthinking oppression—the belief that people have to live their lives
according to someone else's views rather than their own free will.
"Together, we made sure that the world our children will grow up in is one step closer to tolerance, love, and equality; a world where our children can make their own choices instead of being shackled to dusty hate from the past. Together, we showed this nation that a polity functions best when it includes all of its citizens, when it celebrates their differences as part of one glorious whole, when it synthesizes a wide assortment of cultures and beliefs under the guiding principles of freedom and happiness for everyone.
"Together, we can approach the work still at hand. We can face the continuous fight for equality that every society must wage each generation. We may not know the specifics until they’re upon us, but the underlying foundation is always the same—living your own life vs. someone else making your choices for you.
"Together, we can promote free will over oppression. We can treat others the way we want to be treated, with dignity and respect. We can work together to find common ground, despite our differences, and build a stable, nurturing society. There is work yet to be done, but we passed an important milestone today. Ten, 15, 20 years from now, when our children ask us, 'What did you do when it came time to fight for someone else?,' we can tell them about Minnesota and Maryland and Maine, states where people finally said: Enough.
"Enough with the hate. Enough with the bigotry. Enough with the discrimination. We are all Americans, and we are all in this together. Without each other, we have nothing." - Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, writing for Slate.
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"Together, we made sure that the world our children will grow up in is one step closer to tolerance, love, and equality; a world where our children can make their own choices instead of being shackled to dusty hate from the past. Together, we showed this nation that a polity functions best when it includes all of its citizens, when it celebrates their differences as part of one glorious whole, when it synthesizes a wide assortment of cultures and beliefs under the guiding principles of freedom and happiness for everyone.
"Together, we can approach the work still at hand. We can face the continuous fight for equality that every society must wage each generation. We may not know the specifics until they’re upon us, but the underlying foundation is always the same—living your own life vs. someone else making your choices for you.
"Together, we can promote free will over oppression. We can treat others the way we want to be treated, with dignity and respect. We can work together to find common ground, despite our differences, and build a stable, nurturing society. There is work yet to be done, but we passed an important milestone today. Ten, 15, 20 years from now, when our children ask us, 'What did you do when it came time to fight for someone else?,' we can tell them about Minnesota and Maryland and Maine, states where people finally said: Enough.
"Enough with the hate. Enough with the bigotry. Enough with the discrimination. We are all Americans, and we are all in this together. Without each other, we have nothing." - Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, writing for Slate.
Labels: American history, football, heroes, LGBT History, LGBT rights, marriage equality, Minnesota, sports, straight allies
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Via O Bosque de Berkana / FB:
Não acredite em algo simplesmente porque ouviu. Não acredite em algo simplesmente porque todos falam a respeito. Não acredite em algo simplesmente porque esta escrito em seus livros religiosos. Não acredite em algo só porque seus professores e mestres dizem que é verdade. Não acredite em tradições só porque foram passadas de geração em geração. Mas depois de muita análise e observação, se você vê que algo concorda com a razão, e que conduz ao bem e beneficio de todos, aceite-o e viva-o."
Siddhartha Gautam Buddha
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 7, 2012
Simply Listening
'Simply
listening' seems to be better for whomever I’m talking with. They feel
fully heard without being judged. Better connections tend to flow
naturally. The irony is, when we don’t need things to be better than
they are, they tend to end up that way.
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- Marshall Glickman, "Talk Like a Buddha"
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Via JMG: Barack Obama REELECTED
All
the networks including Fox News have called it. Congratulations to
everybody here, this arguably means more to us that to anybody else.
Reposted from Joe
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 6, 2012
Election Day
Voting
is a manifestation of the law of interdependence: Each of our actions,
no matter how small, affects the whole cosmos. Our votes count.
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- Susan Moon, "Ten Practices to Change the World"
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Via JMG: Cuomo Slams Rabbi Who Claims Sandy Was God's Revenge For Gay Marriage
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has denounced Rabbi Noson Leiter, who made news earlier this week with his claim that Hurricane Sandy was God's retribution upon the state for legalizing same-sex marriage.
“The comments made by Rabbi Noson Leiter that sought to link the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy to our state’s embrace of marriage equality are as offensive as they are ignorant,” Mr. Cuomo said. “This catastrophic storm claimed the lives of more than forty New Yorkers. This kind of hateful rhetoric has no place in our public discourse, and is particularly distasteful in times of tragedy.” Governor Cuomo went on to demand an apology from the rabbi. “Our state is proud to offer equal rights to all our citizens, and we will never tolerate the use of a tragedy like Hurricane Sandy to promote a divisive and bigoted agenda,” he said. “I call on Rabbi Leiter to apologize immediately for his hurtful comments.”Leiter is supporting GOP state Senate candidate Neil DeCarlo, who is working (with NOM's help) to unseat Sen. Stephen Saland, one of the four Republicans who voted in favor of New York's marriage bill. GOP former Gov. George Pataki has also denounced Rabbi Leiter and has demanded that DeCarlo distance himself.
Pataki called on fellow Republican Neil DiCarlo — who is running on the Conservative Party line for a state Senate seat from the Hudson Valley — to denounce the remarks of Rabbi Noson Leiter. DiCarlo opposes gay marriage, and the orthodox rabbi made the statements in support of his third-party candidacy. “It’s simply incomprehensible that anyone could attribute the devastation and loss of life caused by Hurricane Sandy to divine retribution against the New York State legislature,” Pataki railed. “It’s like blaming America’s belief in freedom for the attacks of Sept. 11,” Pataki added. Pataki argued that because Leiter’s remarks were made in support of DiCarlo, the candidate “has a responsibility to repudiate them.” Reached by phone, DiCarlo refused to take that step when asked repeatedly. He instead questioned Pataki’s motives. “Ask Mr. Pataki why he endorsed my opponent, and why he is bringing this up two days before the election — and then I’ll answer your question,” DiCarlo said before hanging up.
Labels: 2012 elections, Andrew Cuomo, crackpots, crazy people, natural disasters, New York state, NY Senate, religion
Via JMG: Final Nate Silver Forecast
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 5, 2012
Politics on the Path
One
way to read the injunction for Right Conduct, an essential part of the
Eightfold Path, is to see it as calling us—as citizens—to translate the
dharma into specific acts of social responsibility. In a democratic
republic, that surely means voting for those initiatives that we believe
will reduce suffering and violence, ignorance and hatred—and the very
divisions fueled by politics itself.
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- Charles Johnson, "Accepting the Invitation"
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Sunday, November 4, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 2, 2012
Nothing Happens Without a Cause
Nothing
happens without a cause. Things are the way they are not because of
chance or the will of a deity but because people have acted in
particular ways and generated particular consequences. The world we
inhabit is the product of our actions, which are themselves reflections
of our minds.
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- Andrew Olendzki, "Medicine for the World"
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
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Tricycle Daily Dharma November 1, 2012
Learning from Relationships
You
do not learn non-attachment by disengaging and avoiding the intensity
of relationships, their joy and their pain. It is easy to disguise as
non-attachment what is not non-attachment at all, but your fear of
attachment. When you really care about someone and you are willing to
commit to that friendship, then you have fertile ground to learn about
both attachment and non-attachment.
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- Judy Lief, "Tying the Knot"
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JMG HomoQuotable - Jeff Whitty
"I had no idea if the power outage was widespread to millions or just in the East Village. Nobody seemed to have a clear idea what was happening anywhere else. But throughout the day I felt a connection that reminded me of 9/11 and the summer night in 2003 when New York City went dark for 24 hours. New Yorkers are awesome. Nobody was an asshole. Nobody was sketchy. People helped each other and shared the misery together. I talked and joked with people in my building I'd only passed before with maybe a 'hello.' In the attached article you'll see a photo of a deli with its awning yanked down by the winds. I passed by it this morning and saw a lot of merchandise available within easy reach through a broken window. I passed by that deli again hours later and nobody had taken anything. New Yorkers." - Avenue Q playwright and Tony winner Jeff Whitty, writing on his Facebook page.
RELATED: Whitty's latest show, Bring It On: The Musical, is now playing at the St. James Theater.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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Via JMG: Brad Pitt Donates $100K To Marriage
“Brad Pitt’s partnership with HRC in this closing week delivers vital resources into these campaigns and we’re proud to be working with him as we show that fundamental fairness will win at the ballot box,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “With his commitment, Brad joins HRC in a tremendous coalition of religious leaders, business leaders, labor groups, civil rights organizations and everyday, fair-minded Americans supporting marriage for gay and lesbian couples.” “It's unbelievable to me that people's lives and relationships are literally being voted on in a matter of days,” said Pitt in an email today to HRC members and supporters. “If you're like me, you don't want to have to ask yourself on the day after the election, what else could I have done?”
Labels: Brad Pitt, HRC, straight allies
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 31, 2012
Accepting Uncertainty
Uncertainty,
when accepted, sheds a bright light on the power of intention. That is
what you can count on: not the outcome, but the motivation you bring,
the vision you hold, the compass setting you choose to follow.
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- Joanna Macy, "The Greatest Danger"
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Via JMG: Supreme Court Sets The Date To Review Prop 8 And DOMA Cases: November 20th
Breaking news from AFER:
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will consider whether to grant review in AFER’s federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8. The Justices will meet to discuss our case, along with several challenges to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), at their private Conference scheduled for Tuesday, November 20. The Court is expected to either:AFER adds: "The Court is expected to release an Order List with its decisions on cases it has granted or denied review from its November 20 Conference by Monday, November 26."
- Grant review of our Prop. 8 challenge, at which point AFER’s legal team, led by distinguished attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies, will submit written briefs and present oral arguments by April 2013. A final decision on Prop. 8 and marriage equality is expected by June 2013.
- Deny review, making permanent the landmark federal appeals court ruling that found Prop. 8 UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Marriage equality will be restored in California.
Labels: AFER, DOMA, Proposition 8, Supreme Court
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 29, 2012
Loving Attention
When
we are fully present and able to pay attention in a sustained way to
our experience we can begin to see directly, uncolored by our ideas and
concepts. Placing our trust more in loving attention and less in
analyzing the story can allow space for a new way of holding the
question.
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- Narayan Liebenson Grady, "Questioning the Question"
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 28, 2012
Unfailing Altruism
The
practitioner’s mind is likened to a mountain that the winds can’t
shake; he’s neither tormented by the difficulties he may come across nor
elated by his successes. But that equanimity is neither apathy nor
indifference. It’s accompanied by inner jubilation, and by an openness
of mind expressed as unfailing altruism.
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- Matthieu Ricard, "One Blood, Two Lineages"
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Via JMG: GALLUP: Gays May Swing The Election
An interesting note from Gallup:
A new Gallup Report finds that 71% of LGBT Americans who are registered voters support President Obama for reelection, while 22% support Governor Mitt Romney. From June to September, non-LGBT registered voters preferred Romney to Obama by one percentage point, 47% to 46%. However, when LGBT voters are added to electorate, Obama moves slightly ahead of Romney (47% to 45%). These findings suggest that the highly Democratic vote of the LGBT population could be enough to swing a very close election toward Obama. The findings are based on more than 120,000 interviews of adults in the US, which represents the largest representative sample of LGBT men and women ever collected.
Labels: 2012 elections, Barack Obama, Gallup
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 27, 2012
Great Questioning, Great Awakening
The
most important part of the practice is for the question to remain alive
and for your whole body and mind to become a question. In Zen they say
that you have to ask with the pores of your skin and the marrow of your
bones. A Zen saying points out: Great questioning, great awakening;
little questioning, little awakening; no questioning, no awakening.
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- Martine Batchelor, "What is This?"
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Friday, October 26, 2012
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Tricycle Daily Dharma October 26, 2012
Calm and Radiant Balance
Equanimity
takes interest in whatever is occurring simply because it is occurring.
Equanimity does not include the aversive states of indifference,
boredom, coldness, or hesitation. It is an expression of calm, radiant
balance that takes whatever comes in stride.
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- Shaila Catherine, "Equanimity in Every Bite"
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Via JMG: HomoQuotable - Doug Wright
UPDATE: I've been unable to find the original posting of this quote, which as I mentioned above has been reposted to many Facebook accounts. Please email me if you find the source and I'll add the link.
UPDATE II: Twitter user DogUnderwater points out that Playbill has posted Wright's message with his permission.
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