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11/10/2020

If you are interested in Taoism and the basis for Internal Alchemy, the foundation of Tai Chi Chuan, I have great news. Louis Komjathy's books The Handbooks for Daoist Practice are now free online! These go beyond the Tao de Jing and make sense of it. His introductions to the books are worth the $75 I paid for them 15 years ago. Now you get them for free!

https://archive.org/details/handbooks-for-daoist-practice-louis-komjathy-editor/Handbooks%20for%20Daoist%20Practice%20%28Omnibus%29%20-%20Louis%20Komjathy%20%28Editor%29/mode/2up

11/12/2019

1.) This Dhamma is for reducing desire,
not for increasing desire.

2.) This Dhamma is for increasing contentment,
not for increasing discontentment.

3.) This Dhamma is for cultivating seclusion,
not for becoming sociable.

4.) This Dhamma is for becoming energetic,
not for becoming lazy.

5.) This Dhamma is for developing mindfulness,
not developing unmindfulness.

6.) This Dhamma is for developing composure,
not for making restlessness.

7.) This Dhamma is for increasing wisdom,
not for decreasing wisdom.

8.) This Dhamma is for delighting in freedom from impediments,
not for delighting in impediments.

Eight Great Noble Thoughts, Aṭṭha-Mahā-Purisa Vitakka, Dhamma, Part Three: Additional Readings, p. 93, https://wisdomexperience.org/product/buddhist-suttas-for-recitation/

10/31/2019

Nothing can be gotten without paying a price and there is no success without effort. This is the first principle of the universe.

Everything itself is Buddha so there can be no fixed rules or basic organization for teachers. Buddhism needs to be taught with patience, step by step according to circumstances.

The theory of Mind-only in Buddhism is not the opposite of materialism. Mind- only refers to the original Mind (true nature) where mind and matter are not two.

Space (true nature) gives birth to mind; mind gives birth to personality, which gives birth to action.

- Zen Master Mangong, Teachings

10/22/2019

'We Are Pro-life Women' is looking for a female Buddhist who is pro-life to interview and feature for their diversity of faith feature. They asked us if we knew of one. So I am putting this out to everyone.

If you are a pro-life Female Buddhist please contact https://www.facebook.com/WeAreProlifeWomen/

Update: they are looking for all women of various faiths and color/race as well.

Thank you

10/15/2019

By Dharma Master Chang Jin (常进法师 - Chang Jin Fa Shi) - 2017 (Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD)

10/15/2019

Within the expanse of empty mind ~ Padmasambhava
https://justdharma.com/s/ujbhz

Within the sky-like empty mind, habitual tendencies and disturbing emotions are just like clouds and mist. When they appear, they appear within the expanse of empty mind. When they remain, they remain within the expanse of empty mind. And when they dissolve, they dissolve in that same expanse of empty mind.

– Padmasambhava

from the book "Treasures from Juniper Ridge: The Profound Instructions of Padmasambhava to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal"
ISBN: 978-9627341628 - https://amzn.to/2GWTSY0

10/07/2019

Was 2017 really the "worst year ever," as some would have us believe? In his analysis of recent data on homicide, war, poverty, pollution and more, psycholog...

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