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Atisha's Pith Instructions
So this is my first post on Uptrust. Good to be here! I have been inspired by this teaching from Atisha (a master who taught in India & Tibet over a thousand years ago) but I wasn’t fully satisfied with any translation.... - onWhat are some of your uncertainties? Experiences of failure (that maybe you still haven't turned into learnings yet?) Obvious realizations?bynithya...
The way I see it the confusion is because of the word suffering. Which is an inadequate translation of the original “dukkha”. Maybe a better way of saying it is that Buddhists aim to end all resistance to WHAT IS.... Appreciation With Great Difficulty
(Originally published on substack. This was unusually scary and vulnerable to publish) There’s this Buddhist poem. I don’t know if it’s a poem. They say it’s “a set of contemplations.” It’s called “The Four Reminders,” and the first time I read it, it kicked me to the floor.... - nat...
ooh, I love the idea of states like vitamins! Yeah, I’d love to learn too. There’s a guided meditation on YouTube to bring you into the first Jhana. I listened to it last night. It put me into a deep meditation but nothing blissful.... - onI just noticed how the "no-self" doctrine supports the "materialist industrial epistemological complex"bymarcello...
Hm. From my vantage point, you're doing something that looks like pulling a (likely unintentional) sleight of hand by just quoting the first of Divia's tweets, because it doesn't really convey the concept the full context of Divia's thread is gesturing at.... I just noticed how the "no-self" doctrine supports the "materialist industrial epistemological complex"
My friend Divia has coined this intense-but-great phrase "So “materialist epistemology industrial complex” is my own mental handle, and it might be silly but I like it for now.... Hmm, this translation IMHO misses a key point of the last line which is, the only thing you can stand on is karma aka your intentions and actions. As my teacher put it, "what you do matters".... prayers at a buddhist monastery
a while back a very close friend of mine had a very serious health issue. Through our network, we had a lot of acquaintances and some friends at Buddhist monastery. They prayed for her every single day, despite 95% of them having never met my friend.... Transcript from John Churchill AMA: You Can't Have Waking Up Without Cleaning Up
A live recorded conversation on UpTrust between Jordan Myska Allen and John Churchill, co-founder of Planetary Dharma. Watch the recording or see the original AMA post, where the live questions came from.... - marcello...
"Well, this is it. I’m done. No point in doing any practice of any kind anymore." Here’s something a Tibetan Lama I like said about roughly this sort of practice hiccup where you think you’ve caught the golden ball: If you’re driving to Chandigarh, and you see a road sign that... - marcello...
Nice! This little post feels like pretty close in spirit to the thing Buddhism calls "the Four Gates of Speech" ☸️ They're are a helpful list of questions to ask yourself if you're in doubt about whether to say something: Is it true? Is it necessary/beneficial?... just another frame, in buddhism there's a sudden vs gradual enlightenment debate that's not really a debate. but there's a sense in rinzai zen of get the breakthrough first and then work on your form/healthy ego formation second.... - theodora...
I will miss this one live unfortunately. Here's some of my questions. What is the 4th turning of the dharma? Is it beyond a western idea that this is happening?... - Heather...
I study Buddhism and I am a very spiritual person. I am a retired RN in recovery for alcoholism. Nature is higher power. I am a volunteer with The American Association of Suicide Prevention and I edit audio books for extra income....