Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Saturday, March 08, 2008
videos of interest
I suppose you have to be in the FWBO or have met Lokabhandu to enjoy this video of his meetings with Bante, but I liked it.
There's also this one by Dhammaloka.
Here's another reminiscence about Bhante.
Here's one on Dhardo Rimpoche by an Indian OM named Siddharth.
And there's more I watched on the history section.
This one is cool.
There's also this one by Dhammaloka.
Here's another reminiscence about Bhante.
Here's one on Dhardo Rimpoche by an Indian OM named Siddharth.
And there's more I watched on the history section.
This one is cool.
essay and talk
Srimati wrote an interesting essay on motherhood.
It makes me reflect on my essay. Some said it was a bit negative. I focused on the difficulty of meditating while living a full life, with children. Some people have a very profound heart awakening by becoming a parent. For me the awakening was to how important meditation is for me, and how important meditation is for me to be the open, caring and mindful person I want to be--and yet paradoxically, it's hard to meditate with so many demands. It's a crunch of sorts.
I suppose I'm also into expressing the negative emotions of parenting. Most people have a kind of formulaic positive expression of joy. I have those feelings, but unfortunately they are not dominant in me. I experience many negative emotions as a parent.
But what has emerged is to highlight and heighten my struggles--with patience. I was thinking it the other day--I'm intolerant of my own learning pace, I want to learn more quickly.
Also I'm selfish. I'm used to a lot of free time. And I have very little free time now. That has been a hard adjustment. Accepting circumstances is another theme for me in parenting, a more pragmatic need to be pragmatic.
Anyway, I find parenting by Buddhist fascinating, and obviously a theme of this blog.
Finally, there's a new talk by Bante. I haven't listened to it yet, but I intend to.
It makes me reflect on my essay. Some said it was a bit negative. I focused on the difficulty of meditating while living a full life, with children. Some people have a very profound heart awakening by becoming a parent. For me the awakening was to how important meditation is for me, and how important meditation is for me to be the open, caring and mindful person I want to be--and yet paradoxically, it's hard to meditate with so many demands. It's a crunch of sorts.
I suppose I'm also into expressing the negative emotions of parenting. Most people have a kind of formulaic positive expression of joy. I have those feelings, but unfortunately they are not dominant in me. I experience many negative emotions as a parent.
But what has emerged is to highlight and heighten my struggles--with patience. I was thinking it the other day--I'm intolerant of my own learning pace, I want to learn more quickly.
Also I'm selfish. I'm used to a lot of free time. And I have very little free time now. That has been a hard adjustment. Accepting circumstances is another theme for me in parenting, a more pragmatic need to be pragmatic.
Anyway, I find parenting by Buddhist fascinating, and obviously a theme of this blog.
Finally, there's a new talk by Bante. I haven't listened to it yet, but I intend to.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Dalit oppression
I forget, in my horrified anxiety, about injustices in the world. Here's an article and friend sent to remind me.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
ocean of dharma
I can't vouch for them yet, but I'm going to try out some dharma talks from this site in Western Australia. I found them through a blog that reportedly no longer exists???