Prosecutor, Dharma Teacher
Interview with Tuere Sala by Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar
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A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
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music, intention can influence our mood, thoughts, and feelings—setting
an intention in the morning we set the tone for the day.
—Thupten Jinpa, “Two Exercises for Turning Intention into Motivation”
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When we meditate, we are training the mind to stop feeding a pain pattern.
—Ruth King, “Soothing the Hot Coals of Rage”
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I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!
- Ram Dass -
If you want to gain any real benefit from [Buddhist teachings], you have to let them stretch your own lived experience.
—Larry Rosenberg, “The Right to Ask Questions”
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Meditation
is learning how to be present and aware of what’s going on and learning
to be able to distinguish between your judgment about a moment in time
and the actual experience.
—Interview with Tuere Sala by Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar, “Prosecutor, Dharma Teacher”
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On a November morning in 1978, former San Francisco supervisor Dan White snuck past metal detectors at San Francisco City Hall and assassinated his colleagues, mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk.
That historical violence might give one an uncomfortable sense of déjà vu in the present, upon hearing that Republican lawmakers want to bring guns into the U.S. Capitol — which is why it’s an important time to look back at what happened in San Francisco in 1978, to see if there are any lessons for today. What happens when powerful bigots don’t get their way, and don’t think they’ll ever have to face consequences for their actions?