Buddhist
ideas, like any ideas, are true or useful not because of who said them,
or how ancient they are, or whether they reflect the intended meaning
of a sacred text. They are true to the degree that they correspond to
how things are.
Bhikkhu Santi, “Getting the Ball Rolling”
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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.
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Via Daily Dharma: Is Buddhism True?
Friday, March 3, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Living: Abstaining from Taking What is Not Given
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Via Daily Dharma: When Oars Fail
For all of us there comes a time when oars fail, when there is nothing left to do but surrender to the great unknown.
Noelle Oxenhandler, “Go Bang Your Head Against the Wall”
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Thursday, March 2, 2023
Via Daily Dharma: Experiencing Tranquility
In
the body, tranquility is like a deep, clear lake with a wide, still
surface. In the mind, it’s like the soft, quiet, fresh air over the lake
at dawn.
Gil Fronsdal, “A Satisfying State of Happiness”
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Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Action: Reflecting upon Verbal Action
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Speech: Refraining from Malicious Speech
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Via Daily Dharma: What Is a Flower?
Try
to think of that flower without the soil from which it grows, without
the sunlight that helps it grow and illuminates it, without the very
space in which it stands, or without the particular time in which it is
there. Suddenly you no longer have a flower at all.
Filip Holm, “Emptiness Explained”
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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - March 1, 2023 💌
If I can’t stop thinking, maybe I can just let my thoughts go by without getting all caught up in them. Feel the breeze on your face or your neck? See how it’s going by? You’re not all hung up with it. You don’t have to see where each breeze goes. You don’t have to look quickly to see if it hit those trees over there. It’s breezes, and they’re just going by. Make your thoughts like those breezes, those little breezes…just going by.
- Ram Dass -
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Intention: Cultivating Compassion
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