Nature teaches us simplicity and contentment, because in its presence we realize we need very little to be happy.
Mark Coleman, “A Breath of Fresh Air”
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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.
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Via Daily Dharma: Nature’s Lesson
Monday, March 13, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right View: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Way to the Cessation of Suffering
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Via Daily Dharma: Building a Mental Tool Belt
Sometimes
we have to use diplomacy or deflection to work with our wily mind.
Sometimes we have to be our own cheerleaders, other times tough
taskmasters. The most important thing is to watch and respond.
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, “Switching Off Unskillful Thoughts”
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Sunday, March 12, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Mindfulness and Concentration: Establishing Mindfulness of Mind and the Third Jhāna
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Via Daily Dharma: Facing Our Truth
My
own capacity for evil is a truth that I have to face squarely. When I
see it and acknowledge it, practice becomes real. It becomes a matter of
life and death. Only then do I appreciate how attention, compassion,
and faith really are the three doors to freedom.
Ken McLeod, “Taking and Sending in Difficult Times”
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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - March 12, 2023 💌
Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.
- Ram Dass -
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Effort: Developing Unarisen Healthy States
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