Monday, December 23, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Can Solitude Include Connection?

For me, solitude is not loneliness, but a space where I can be fully aware of the myriad ways that all things, myself included, are connected.

—Lauren Krauze, “Not Alone During the Holidays”


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Thursday, December 19, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: What Can Humility Make Room For?

Our commitment to awakening asks us to honestly explore the ways in which conceit manifests in our lives and to find the way to its end. The cessation of conceit allows the fruition of empathy, kindness, compassion, and awakening.

—Christina Feldman, “Long Journey to a Bow”


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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Behind the Bahá'í faith, one of the fastest growing religions


Via Daily Dharma: What Happens When You Still Your Mind

Our mind is analogous to a cup of muddy water. The longer you keep a cup of muddy water still, the more the mud settles down and the water will be seen clearly.

—Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, “Sitting Still”


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Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - December 18, 2019 💌


"For every teacher, every life experience, everything we notice in the universe is but a reflection of our attachments. That is just the way it works. "

- Ram Dass -

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Understanding Buddhism

If our goal is to understand Buddhism accurately and to integrate it into our own lives authentically, we have to develop deep understanding both of Buddhist tradition and of ourselves.

—Linda Heuman, “A New Way Forward”


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Monday, December 16, 2019

Via Budismo Engajado / FB:

 
“Budismo Engajado, é um termo redundante, já que budismo significa estar consciente, estar desperto para o que está acontecendo no seu próprio corpo, sentimentos e mente, como também no mundo que o cerca. Se você está desperto, não pode agir de outra forma senão compassivamente para aliviar o sofrimento que vê ao redor.
 
O budismo é, portanto, implicitamente engajado. Se não é engajado, não é budismo”.  - Thich Nhat Hanh

Via Budismo Engajado / FB:



Não fique recordando / Deixe ir o que passou

Não fique imaginando / Deixe ir o que possa estar vindo

Não fique pensando / Deixe ir o que está acontecendo agora


Não fique examinando / Não tente solucionar coisa alguma

Não fique controlando / Não tente fazer algo acontecer

Relaxe, agora mesmo, repouse (na verdadeira natureza da mente)
(Tilopa - 988-1069)


Arte: Matias Barahona /
Budismo Engajado


Via Budismo Engajado / 5 sabedorias budicas

Oprah Winfrey talks with Thich Nhat Hanh Excerpt - Powerful


Tibetan Buddhist Library at Sakya Monastery in Tibet


Via White Crane Institute / oday's Gay Wisdom

2017 -
The Wisdom of George Santayana
  • Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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  • To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
  • Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.
  • History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.
  • Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different.
  • Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.
  • The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
  • Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

Via Daily Dharma: Examine Your Intention

The Buddha’s focus was volition, intentional motivation. Everything hangs on motivation and understanding as clearly as possible the individual’s own motivation underlying all action.

—Interview with John Peacock by James Shaheen, “Investigating the Buddha’s World”


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Sunday, December 15, 2019

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - December 15, 2019 💌


"If you were to take your consciousness and bring it out of your senses and out of your thinking mind and bring it down into awareness, what then? Who would you be? Well, what you would be at that point is awareness. Just awareness or consciousness.

There are ways of subjectively being in the universe so that things are available to you, or in you, that would otherwise only be knowable to you by collecting them through your senses and through your thinking mind."

- Ram Dass -

Via Daily Dharma: Opening to All Things Equally

Equanimity contains the complete willingness to behold the pleasant and the painful events of life equally. It points to a deep balance in which you are not pushed and pulled between the coercive energies of desire and aversion.

—Shaila Catherine, “Equanimity in Every Bite”


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Saturday, December 14, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Examining Our Actions and Intentions

In trying to cultivate lucidity regarding our own actions, we gradually become smarter about ourselves, more sensitive to other people, and more nuanced in our actions.

—Krishnan Venkatesh, “How to Practice Right Speech Anywhere, Anytime, and With Anyone”


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Friday, December 13, 2019

Via Kaiser-Permenent / Thrive: 52 positive affirmations to brighten your day


The old saying, “You are what you think” may be true. For example, negative thoughts may lead to a more negative outlook on life, which then can lead to more negative thoughts. This cycle of negativity may result in stress, anxiety, and depression, which can damage your physical health.

To break the cycle, it’s important to introduce more positive thoughts into your life as often as possible.

What is an affirmation? 

The word “affirm” means to validate or confirm. In the mental health world, affirmations are short, encouraging statements that you can use to create a more positive frame of mind.

You can repeat an affirmation to yourself as often as you’d like — while brushing your teeth, driving to work, or before you fall asleep. The more often you use an affirmation, the more it can help reinforce your value and self-worth and it may even positively affect your behavior.

And with the New Year on the horizon there’s no better time to turn positivity into a year-long habit. Try using one of the following 52 affirmations each week in 2020 to help you tackle your goals.

1. I am ready.
2. My efforts help me succeed.
3. All is well.
4. I can make a real difference.
5. My hard work will pay off.
6. I am strong.
7. I choose happiness.
8. I have the power to make the right choices for me.
9. I have faith in my abilities.
10. I got this.
11. I am grateful for what I can do.
12. I am happy to be me.
13. My goals are achievable.
14. I am confident.
15. I will practice self-kindness.
16. I am on the right path for me.
17. I am thankful for the love in my life.
18. I will take action and accomplish my goals.
19. I am healthy.
20. Success is mine.
21. I will find the good in all things.
22. I am always learning.
23. I trust myself.
24. I will try new things.
25. I will turn negative thoughts into positive ones.
26. I can do this.
27. Anything is possible.
28. I am safe.
29. I love myself.
30. Life is beautiful.
31. I am powerful.
32. There’s no limit to what I can do.
33. Life brings me joy.
34. Good things are coming my way.
35. I believe in myself.
36. I release my fears.
37. Every day, I am getting better, stronger, healthier.
38. It’s OK for me to have fun.
39. My possibilities are endless.
40. I am well-rested and full of energy.
41. I am thriving.
42. I am relaxed and at peace.
43. I am strong in mind, body, and spirit.
44. My life is a gift.
45. I deserve love and happiness.
46. I care for myself.
47. New opportunities come easily to me.
48. Healthy food fuels my body.
49. Today, I will succeed.
50. I give myself room to grow.
51. Each day is filled with joy.
52. I embrace my power.

Via Daily Dharma: How to Let Go

We can’t simply “let go.” It doesn’t work like that. It’s certainly not what the Buddha teaches. Letting go, the Buddha tells us, will come when we “develop” wisdom.

—Peter Doobinin, “Sutta Study: The Ship”


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Thursday, December 12, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Uncovering Enlightenment

Enlightenment is not a matter of adding anything but rather of peeling away the false, fabricated sense of self to allow the innate Buddha being to emerge.

—Judith Hooper, “Prozac & Enlightened Mind”


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