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.
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Via Be Here Now Network // Lama Rod Owens – BHNN Guest Podcast – Ep. 130 – Guided Benefactor Practice & Buddhist Chanting
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Effort: Abandoning Arisen Unhealthy States
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Via Daily Dharma: Forgive Yourself First
If you find something in yourself that is unforgivable, how can you forgive that same quality when it shows up in someone else?
Yoshin David Radin, “The True Path”
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[GBF] Dharma Talks Now Available as a Podcast
[GBF] Dharma Talks Now Available as a Podcast
GBF is happy to share an exciting announcement with you, more than a year in the making:
Our audio archive of 770+ dharma talks spanning 28 years is now available on all podcast platforms, in addition to our website.
You can easily access all talks on your mobile device or computer when you:
Visit our podcast page, or
Open your favorite podcast app and search for “Gay Buddhist Forum”
(Be sure to Follow or Subscribe so you will be notified as weekly dharma talks become available.)Visit gaybuddhist.buzzsprout.com for a list of 18 podcast apps that carry GBF.
In the near future, look for:
A SEARCH feature on the podcast page of our website - so you can find talks by topic, keyword, or speaker name.
A Subscribe to Calendar option - so the name of each Sunday’s speaker will automatically appear in advance on your calendar, in case you want to participate live.
GBF wishes to thank those who made this milestone possible:
George Hubbard - Audio Archive Curator
Tom Bruein - Podcast Producer & Editor
Henry Rabinowitz - Webmaster
Derek Lassiter - Graphic Designer of the GBF Logo, Podcast Logo, and Rainbow Praying Hands
Thank you for your ongoing support as GBF continues to make the dharma freely available to LGBTQIA audiences the world over!
--Enjoy 700+ free recorded dharma talks at www.gaybuddhist.org
Friday, February 3, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Living: Abstaining from Taking What is Not Given
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Via Daily Dharma: Maturing Our Faith
Mature
faith is anchored in our own experience of the truth, centered in the
deeper understanding of the nature of the mind and body that we come to
in meditation practice.
Sharon Salzberg, “How Important Is Faith?”
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Thursday, February 2, 2023
Via Daily Dharma: Working With Unavoidable Suffering
When
you encounter suffering that you can’t stop no matter how hard you try,
you need equanimity to avoid creating additional suffering and to
channel your energies to areas where you can be of help.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “The Brahma-Viharas: Head & Heart Together”
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Dhamma Wheel | Right Action: Reflecting upon Verbal Action
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Speech: Refraining from Malicious Speech
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Via Daily Dharma: Goals for the Heart
May
we learn to delight in the joy of another wherever it may be found. May
we sponsor a heart that seeks to end the suffering of others.
Felicia Washington Sy, “Finding Your Way”
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