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Tag Archives: dharma
Birth, Disease, Aging, and Death
Our society has progressively exiled the four defining moments of our life experience: birth, disease, aging, and death. We are born, are ill, and die mostly in hospitals, and the old live in institutional ‘homes’ or artificial aging communities, separated … Continue reading
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Tagged age segregation, artificial aging communities, dharma, essential practices, fear of illness and death, four defining moments of life, Healing and Memorial Service, hospitals, institutional 'homes', relationship of gratitude with the dead, youth and the appearance of health
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Silent Night, Holy Night
As we celebrate the birth of the Great Bodhisattva Jesus, I wish all my friends peace and clarity. May his words of love and compassion take root in our hearts! I am grateful for your company on this page during … Continue reading
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Tagged dharma, Great Bodhisattva Jesus, love and compassion, peace and clarity
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Injustice and Solidarity
The Dharma teaches us that all situations, both positive and negative, arise as a consequence of karma, whether individual or collective. From this perspective, there is no injustice. This does not mean that we justify violence and the oppression of … Continue reading
Amideva Sutra, 2nd section
“Also, Shariputra, in Amideva’s Land of Ultimate Bliss, there is always heavenly music playing. Moreover, the ground is made of gold, and flower petals float down from the skies six times every day. Early every morning, the inhabitants gather the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amideva’s Land of Ultimate Bliss, Amideva’s teachings, animals, awakening, buddha, Ch. Amituo jing, devotion, dharma, Five Roots of Goodness, hell, hungry ghosts, jivamjivakas, Jp. Amida-kyo, kalavinkas, Kumarajiva, Noble Eightfold Path, parrots, peacocks, Sangha, sharikas, Sukhavativyuha sutra, the Five Powers, the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, three unfortunate realms, white egrets
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Different forms
The potentials and circumstances of sentient beings differ, and so different forms of the Buddhist Teaching have been devised, some open, some closed, utilizing all sorts of terminology. The Dharma is expressed effectively to all sentient beings according to what … Continue reading
Life and death
Base your mind on the Dharma. Base your Dharma on a humble life. Base your humble life on the thought of death. Base your death on a lonely place. —Tibetan Buddhist proverb
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Tagged dharma, humble life, lonely place, the thought of death, Tibetan Buddhist proverb
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Test the Dharma
Without melting, beating, weighing and polishing a yellow metal, one should not take it for gold. Likewise, without analysis one should not accept the Dharma as valid. —Buddha Shakyamuni
How to study the Dharma
When studying the Dharma, we must avoid the three defects: A pot turned upside down cannot be filled. When we are distracted, unwilling to learn, or preoccupied with other matters, it is not possible to receive the teachings. This mental … Continue reading
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Tagged afflictions, contaminated pot, dharma, inverted pot, perforated pot
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