Faithful laity sending dāna/act of generosity of fresh vegetables to feed the forest Sangha and children of Dhammagiri Foundation, home to orphans and disadvantaged children from the hill tribes of Mae Hong Son, Northern Thailand.🙏
May all beings everywhere, with whom we are inseparably interconnected and who want and need the same as we do,
May all be liberated, healed, fulfilled and free.
May there be peace in this world and throughout all possible universes, an end to war, violence, poverty, injustice and oppression, and may we all together complete our journey of enlightenment. - #LamaSuryaDas
Thoughts, feelings, perceptions are just that: thoughts, feelings and perceptions. They arise, stay for a while and cease. They're not you, not yours, not self.
"Although there is no singular, solid entity to be found, everything is in flux and is interdependent. This planet is our community. It knows no national boundaries. Filling the landfills and oceans with plastic, burning and releasing carbon fuel into the atmosphere, destroying the rainforest—these mindless human actions endanger feather, fur, fin and skin. These actions are not to be ignored but to be reversed. It’s simple: mindless and careless causes and conditions have harmful effects." https://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/02/everyday-buddhadharma-buddhist-lojong-slogan-in-post-meditation-be-a-child-of-illusion-linda-lewis/
He who reveres those worthy of reverence,
the Buddhas and their disciples,
who have transcended all obstacles and
passed beyond the reach of sorrow and lamentation
— he who reveres such peaceful and fearless ones,
his merit none can compute by any measure.
~Dhammapada 195-6
I happened across this one the other day, and it strikes me as "Buddhists getting ready for the coming Authoritarianism" https://youtu.be/ngyYDTdjp6A. It wouldn't be anything you haven't already heard, but interesting to see how different communities are getting ready.
May all beings everywhere, with whom we are inseparably interconnected and who want and need the same as we do,
May all be liberated, healed, fulfilled and free.
May there be peace in this world and throughout all possible universes, an end to war, violence, poverty, injustice and oppression, and may we all together complete our journey of enlightenment.
Adapted from #LamaSuryaDas
"This is where Ajaan Lee’s instructions on the different levels of breath energy are really helpful. There’s the in-and-out breathing. Then there’s the breath energy that courses through the nerves & the blood vessels throughout the body. Then there’s the still breath. It’s important to realize that all 3 levels of #breath are happening all the time." #ThanissaroBhikkhu https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/Meditations5/Section0011.html
Sincere questions are also invited; DM me (there is also a live chat server explained at the above link), for perhaps answering on a future livestream.
The recorded video will be posted later (non-live) here: https://bhikkhu.ca/
“The more clearly, steadily, consistently, and repeatedly we see the changing nature of phenomena of experience, it reorients our minds. It reorients our minds towards care and loving kindness rather than clinging and attachment. It reorients our minds towards letting go rather than grasping. It reorients our minds towards the experience of freedom.” – Joseph Goldstein
May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness.
May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.
May all beings rejoice in the well-being of others.
May all beings live in peace, free from greed and hatred.
The fifth is about mindful consumption, to help us not bring toxins and poisons into our body or mind. https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-5-mindfulness-trainings
Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful consumption, I am committed to cultivating good health, both physical and mental, for myself, my family, and my society by practicing mindful eating, drinking, and consuming.
5 Mindfulness Trainings have their root in the 5 Precepts
The 4th is the practice of deep listening and loving speech to restore communication and reconcile https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-5-mindfulness-trainings Aware suffering caused by unmindful speech & the inability to listen to others, I am committed to cultivating loving speech & compassionate listening to relieve suffering & to promote reconciliation & peace in myself & among other people, ethnic & religious groups, & nations.
The third is the practice of responsible sexual behavior in order to protect individuals, couples, families and children. https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-5-mindfulness-trainings
Recognizing the diversity of human experience, I am committed not to discriminate against any form of gender identity or sexual orientation.
The Five Mindfulness Trainings have their root in the Five Precepts offered by the Buddha.
The second training is to practice social justice, generosity, not stealing and not exploiting other living beings. https://plumvillage.org/mindfulness/the-5-mindfulness-trainings
Aware of the suffering caused by exploitation, social injustice, stealing, and oppression, I am committed to practicing generosity in my thinking, speaking, and acting.