What we need to relinquish is our attachment to possessions and experiences, not the things themselves.
Toinette Lippe, “Between Eternities”
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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.
Friday, April 7, 2023
Via Daily Dharma: Spring Cleaning
Via IMS Sangha News ~ April 2023
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Thursday, April 6, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Action: Reflecting upon Mental Action
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Via Daily Dharma: Crowding Out Craving
Are
we training in how to distract ourselves from inner discomfort or
anxiety? Are we training in numbing ourselves in the face of fear, or
training in waking up? Training in opening the heart, or training in
shutting down?
Gaylon Ferguson, “Fruitless Labor”
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Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Speech: Refraining from Harsh Speech
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Via Daily Dharma: Crowding Out Craving
We
cannot wish to harm and benefit another person at the same instant,
just as we cannot shake someone’s hand and give him a punch in the same
gesture. The more we generate inner freedom from attachment, the less
“room” there will be for craving in our mental landscape.
Matthieu Ricard, “Working With Desire”
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Intention: Cultivating Appreciative Joy
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