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Rant
So, why do assholes want to take me on when I am visibly tired ( Read more... ) -
New Obsession..
So, I have a new obsession for the summer ( Read more... ) -
War to Peace
For those of you who do not know:
The dharma school at the Rime Center has been split into two groups. under 7 and over 7. I am the teacher for students over 7, now.
And you can bet your sweet bottom I am using it to practice all the constructivist learning theory learned at Avila to teach the kids Buddhist Concepts. Concepts = VygotskyI taught ( Read more... ) -
SEE THE WORLD AS SACRED
Usually in life, when we act, when we exist, we tend to have a very wretched and small notion of what we are doing. Sometimes, we try to be good boys and girls. We struggle, taking our journey stitch by stitch. Wego to sleep at night, we get up the next day, and we struggle to lead our life. The ordinary approach to that is undignified and very ( Read more... ) -
On the look out
After reading Under the Blood-Red Sky, I now know the names of the foods I ate with my friend from childhood ( Read more... ) -
BASIC SANITY
In contrast to the traditional medical model of disturbances, theBuddhist approach is founded on the belief that basic sanity is operativein all states of mind. Confusion, from this point of view, is two-sided:it creates a need, a demand for sanity. This hungry nature of confusionis very powerful and very important. The demand for relief or sanity ( Read more... ) -
UNCONDITIONAL CHEERFULNESS
Transplanting the moon of wakefulness into your heart and the sun ofwisdom into your head can be natural and obvious. It is not so muchtrying to look for the bright side of life and using that side of thingsas a stepping stone, but it is discovering unconditional cheerfulness,which has no other side. It is just one side, one taste. From that, ( Read more... ) -
FRIENDLINESS TO ONESELF
The recognition of sacredness comes from developing a basic sense of gentleness towards ourselves, so that the irritation of being stuck with oneself is taken away. When that kind of friendliness to oneself has occurred, then one also develops friendliness towards the rest of the world, at the same time. At that point, sadness, loneliness, and ( Read more... ) -
April Showers...
So when it rains it pours ( Read more... ) -
VAJRA PRIDE
Vajra, or indestructible, pride is the sense that basic sanity does existin our state of being, so we don't particularly have to try to work itout logically. We don't have to prove that something is happening or nothappening. The basic dissatisfaction that causes us to look for somespiritual understanding is an expression of vajra pride: we are ( Read more... )