Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Intention: Cultivating Lovingkindness

 

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RIGHT INTENTION Cultivating Lovingkindness Whatever you intend, whatever you plan, and whatever you have a tendency toward, that will become the basis on which your mind is established. (SN 12.40) Develop meditation on lovingkindness, for when you develop meditation on lovingkindness, all ill will will be abandoned. (MN 62)  The manifestation of lovingkindness is the removal of annoyance. (Vm 9.93)

Reflection Only one experience occurs at a time. Each one replaces the one before it and is itself replaced by the next. This happens in rapid succession as the stream of consciousness flows on. It feels like a continuous event, much as the still images displayed rapidly in a movie theater merge into a flowing story, but in fact, each mind moment is organized around a single object, with a single emotional response. Daily Practice This means that when you are feeling kindly or benevolent toward a particular person or in a particular situation, you cannot at the same time feel ill will or anger or annoyance. The beauty of lovingkindness is that it replaces negative emotions in the mind. Next time you feel even slightly annoyed by someone or something, try conjuring up an attitude of kindness toward something and watch the annoyance disappear. Tomorrow: Refraining from False Speech One week from today: Cultivating Compassion Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Via Daily Dharma: Grief and Love

 

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Grief and Love Grief is an expression of the loss of something meaningful, which means I had, at least for a time, the opportunity to experience love—true, real, meaningful, heartfelt love. Valerie Brown, “The Lightness of Breathing” CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

It’s Not Too Late Rebecca Solnit in Conversation with James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg Rebeca Solnit is determined to change the narrative of despair in the face of the climate crisis. In this piece, Solnit explores the dangers of hyperindividualism, the spiritual power of renunciation, and why she believes that beauty is an essential piece of activist work.  Read more » Review Directed by Maso Chen An intimate portrayal of illness, spiritual care, and letting go, Review follows three people with terminal illness and their reflections on life and spiritual explorations before death. Subscribers can stream the film on Tricycle’s Film Club all month long. Watch now »

Via Dhamma Wheel | Right View: Understanding the Noble Truth of Suffering

 

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RIGHT VIEW Understanding the Noble Truth of Suffering When people have met with suffering and become victims of suffering, they come to me and ask me about the noble truth of suffering. Being asked, I explain to them the noble truth of suffering. (MN 77) What is suffering? (MN 9) Death is suffering. The passing away of beings, their dissolution, disappearance, dying, completion of time, dissolution of aggregates, laying down of the body. (MN 9)

Reflection It is natural that we experience a great deal of mental pain when someone we love dies. Such pain is an inevitable part of life. The Buddha never said there is a way to make pain go away. How much suffering it causes, however, is another matter. Pain is amplified by our resentment of it and our resistance to it, and by our wishing it would go away. Pain is diminished by our turning toward it, accepting it, and attempting to learn from it. Daily Practice Reflect on the poignancy of death, either the death of someone dear to you or your own inevitable death. Allow yourself to feel the sorrow, which is an expression of mental pain. This is natural. Also allow yourself to feel strong, whole, and balanced in the midst of the sorrow. Mental pain, like physical pain, is something to be examined carefully and with equanimity. We need not feel overwhelmed by it.     Tomorrow: Cultivating Lovingkindness One week from today: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Via Daily Dharma: Behind Our Behavior

 

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Behind Our Behavior Sometimes our most obvious destructive behaviors conceal something else that is even more difficult for us to acknowledge. We may be willing to acknowledge our anger, but unwilling to look at the fear and vulnerability beneath it. Aura Glaser, “Into the Demon’s Mouth” CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

The “Twitter Monk” By Emma Varvaloucas How Haemin Sunim, internationally known as the “Twitter monk,” came up against the internet’s ‘cancel’ culture, prompting questions of the ethical responsibilities of a modern practitioner. Read more » Review Directed by Maso Chen An intimate portrayal of illness, spiritual care, and letting go, Review follows three people with terminal illness and their reflections on life and spiritual explorations before death. Subscribers can stream the film on Tricycle’s Film Club all month long. Watch now »