Dharma Wheel

Just found this, and wanted to post the link:

Thanks for this thread. I want to add that the opportunity to save worms arises fairly often if you're on the lookout. When they get into areas like sidewalks with high foot traffic you can relocate them to safer areas. It can also be a lesson in humility if there are others around observing as you ...

I'll take a stab at it. I'm a lay Buddhist in my mid-40s. 1.How do Buddhist beliefs of the afterlife morals, practices and everyday life of Buddhists? Avoiding negative actions and embracing positive actions, which are explicitly enumerated in Buddhism, are undertaken for the twofold goal of achievi...

Perfect! Many thanks!

Here's the link in case anyone else is interested: https://www.simplybeing.co.uk/seven-lin ... asambhava/

It's easy to find translations of the 7 Line Prayer into English and also transliterations for Tibetan pronunciation. However, I can't seem to locate a word-by-word literal translation of the prayer. I'd like to know the meaning of each word in Tibetan. For example, in any common translation Oddiyan...

No I haven't read that one, what is it about brother? Sole Panacea is a commentary by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche on the 7-Line-Prayer: https://www.amazon.com/Sole-Panacea-Commentary-Seven-Line-Defilement-ebook/dp/B00LFZ9I2U Another one I'm looking at is White Lotus by Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche: https://ww...

No, my good man, I thank you for drawing attention to this effort. I intend on joining once I've memorized the Tibetan. I'm sure others were similarly inspired but simply declined to post a message. Has anyone read Sole Panacea from Thinley Norbu Rinpoche? I want to connect more with this prayer, bu...

You have embarked on the path of meditation, so congratulations. You have recognized the monkey mind that needs taming. By all means continue. I "listen" best to Dharma through its symbology, and so suggest looking into pictures of the 9 stages of shamatha and learning teachings on it. http://teachi...

Malcolm, between the two the primacy of emptiness makes sense, but in what situation would a choice between discipline and wisdom ever come to pass?

Not being argumentative, just curious.

Ethics is the foundation of spiritual practice. Without it you're just a bad joke. Also, though Buddha Nature is without cause it is veiled. The causal methods begin with ethics. Ethics is the cause of happiness and removing suffering. Even "Crazy Wisdom" is based in compassion. "Though your view sh...

"Is the fetus in your uterus?" deliberately frames the debate in language taking a particular side while ignoring that this is the entire crux of the issue. It's as sincere as asking, "Are you the mother blessed with this child?" Is the entity merely a collection of cells or a human life? When exact...

Following the instructions I received, I only meditate with open eyes. The experiment above produced a facsimile of the exact sensation of it. Great!

Things I find helpful:

Do it 1st thing in the morning.
Do it every day at the same time.
Get good instruction.

Ethics and wisdom are the other two trainings. That will aid in developing shamatha when your mind is at ease.

Since I came upon this stanza today, I thought to share it here: One whose view of emptiness is devoid of compassion does not reach the supreme path. Even if you cultivate compassion alone, you will remain here in samsara, but where is liberation? One who has both does not remain either in mundane e...

Did you notice, Hazel, that your most recent post was your 108th? Whoa.....duuuuuuuuude.....pretty rad. I thought narwhal had a great idea on quitting FB. I too gave it up some years ago after their repeatedly changing the privacy policy, which to me indicated their complete lack of respect for thei...

Yep, Conway's got on opinion - for which he disingenuously claims there is consensus. In fact, it's in dispute. That's why he would write an op-ed in a major national publication - to argue his pov. In the constantly shifting sands of different charges over the past three years, I'm looking forward ...

It's sad that people trading on their wisdom would let their TDS flare up in such an embarrassing manner. It's been a 3 year long get-him-at-all-costs impeach the m-fer "resistance" totally partisan secret basement impeachment without actual crimes.

Extinction Rebellion is not about climate according to one of its co-founders:

Climate hysteria would dissipate on its own, as the doomsday deadlines pass and things continue on as usual, leaving only a fleeting mild embarrassment except for how ephemeral memory is and the turn of generations. Here is a decent record: https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-failed-eco-pocaly...

I have been taking cold showers regularly and, like you, enjoy the effects. It is worth remembering that what for us may be a minor austerity is for much of the world simply daily life. I recall bathing in Nepal with a bucket of cold water and a scooper indoors or just wearing a lungi and washing my...