Originally posted on BeautyBeyondBones:
I was going to do a cheeky post on Taylor Swift or something, but…I just couldn’t. As much as I realllly didn’t want to write about the election, ignoring the state of our nation right now just didn’t sit well with me. Scrolling through social media and watching the news today,…
Category: Re-Blog
The Buddha Was Engaged with the World
Originally posted on Peace Paul's Blog:
Recently I read “In Search of Buddha’s Daughters” by Christine Toomey. It is a collection of interviews with, and accounts of, Buddhist nuns – many of them on the leading edge of reform. These are stories of strong women taking courageous stands against oppressive, often abusive, patriarchal institutions.…
The Law of Long Weekends
I love Catherine’s writing style, I love her sense of humor, I love her attitude. Coming from what I’d call her Buddha within, this post from her is a gem. You’ll need to understand first that she’s a young woman with a chronic illness and depends on a tube that attaches to a port in…
Loving The World We Touch
Originally posted on Peace Paul's Blog:
In today’s media-saturated world, it can feel like we are in perpetual crisis. A full panoply of suffering assaults us on every side – news of murders, wars, disease, famine, environmental destruction, social injustices, etc. Every issue is important and horrifying and overwhelming. Unfortunately, there is little we…
Compassion
From my Soto Zen dharma friends at Mind Without Walls. — Mel
B.R. Ambedkar and the Dalit Buddhist Movement — from Monkey Mind
Babasaheb created a new form of Buddhism to fit his people, the Dalit, formerly known as Untouchables.
No Ordinary Sermon
Originally posted on SONYA KASSAM:
It was no ordinary sermon… Once his words were heard whose heart would fail to soften which life remains untouched? He advised that words until uttered they remain in your control. and surely silence can be the most eloquent of replies. look at what is being said rather than who…
The universe conspiring…
Thank you, Stephanie. This is the dharma.
The Hidden Price of Mindfulness Inc. – The New York Times
As the practice of mindfulness is packaged and peddled, it’s hard not to wonder if something essential is being lost. Source: The Hidden Price of Mindfulness Inc. – The New York Times
Rise in Revolution
Originally posted on SONYA KASSAM:
I do not ask that you rise in revolution I only ask that you shed leathery skin Scaled to trap layers of numbness Snug, until temperatures rise I only ask that you incinerate blinkers Serving to suffocate your vision Though you move onward Awake but in a constant stupor When awareness…
A Glimpse of Pureland Buddhism
Pureland Buddhism is fundamentally a form of lay Buddhism. It is practiced by people with families and jobs and the many difficulties of life in the world.
Jazz giants (and Buddhists) Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter urge artists toward compassion – Lion’s Roar
“We do not exist alone and we cannot create alone. What this world needs is a humanistic awakening of the desire to raise one’s life condition to a place where our actions are rooted in altruism and compassion.”
Melting-Pot Dharma 