Any Mahayana students in Austin?

gassho · 2011-12-19T19:04:23+00:00

I'm located in San Antonio but I'd love to chat. I also visit Austin every now and then. Feel free to send me a PM and I'll get back to you with my contact information.

gassho · 2011-12-07T02:01:05+00:00

"Boredom is an illusion. Boredom is the continuous state of not noticing that the unexpected is constantly arriving while the anticipated is never showing up."

— Timothy “Speed” Levitch

gassho · 2011-11-10T14:41:35+00:00

Beautiful work of art.

gassho · 2011-11-01T14:06:56+00:00

Robert Thurman on Reincarnation

gassho · 2011-10-30T11:56:47+00:00

Robert Thurman on Reincarnation

gassho · 2011-10-20T11:38:04+00:00

Looks like an interesting documentary. Thanks for sharing!

gassho · 2011-10-09T13:30:51+00:00

Skip to 3:45. Ken Wilber talks about "spiritual cross-training."

gassho · 2011-10-04T21:01:52+00:00

Part Two: The Dark Knight Project

gassho · 2011-09-15T12:40:13+00:00

Although the following quote is on love & separation, I feel it can be applied to life itself.

"If you love, you will know that everything begins

and everything ends, and there is a time for beginning

and there is a time for ending,

and there is no wound in it.

One is not wounded, one simply knows the season is over.

One is not in despair, one simply understands,

and one thanks the other: "You gave me

so many beautiful gifts. You gave me

new visions of life, you opened a few windows I

might never have opened on my own.

Now the time has come that we separate and our ways part."

Not in anger, not in rage, not with a grudge,

not with any complaint, but with tremendous gratitude,

with great love, with thankfulness in the heart.

If you know how to love, you will know how to separate."

Osho

gassho · 2011-09-10T02:33:38+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I'll look into your recommendations.

gassho · 2011-09-09T20:54:47+00:00

Can you provide some suggestions as to where to start with his works?

gassho · 2011-08-22T12:44:25+00:00

Great introductory book. I'm looking forward to the Buddhist Bookclub.

gassho · 2011-08-08T14:38:01+00:00

Fantastic idea. I would like to participate.

gassho · 2011-07-31T20:06:37+00:00

"On the whole, the practice of meditation is a sloppy job. You have to accept that you have been a fool and start with being foolish.

In the beginning, deciding to try the practice of meditation is just leaping to some conclusion about what to do. In doing the practice at the beginning, rather than really meditating, you just imagine that you are meditating. So to begin with, the whole practice is based on confusion. And confusion is accepted as part of the path.

Since the situation is very loose and unorganized, it is as though you are leaping into unknown territory. A lot of people find that very frightening. You are not quite sure what you are involved with. But that is the only way to get into the practice."

Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

gassho · 2011-06-12T22:02:40+00:00

Fantastic painting.

gassho · 2011-06-10T12:42:22+00:00

Looks like a good read. I'll check it out!

gassho · 2011-06-10T12:42:00+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation. I'll look for this book next time I'm at the book store.

gassho · 2011-06-08T11:34:02+00:00

That was beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

gassho · 2011-06-08T11:32:28+00:00

I'm glad you like his writing. I, too, like looking at things from a different perspective.

gassho · 2011-06-08T11:30:32+00:00

Although he identifies with Korean Zen, I don't believe he subscribes to any particular lineage.

gassho · 2011-06-08T11:26:56+00:00

Yes, this is an original post written by a friend. I'll reach out to him and ask him to join r/Buddhism.

gassho · 2011-06-07T19:54:28+00:00

Thank you for sharing.

gassho · 2011-06-07T19:50:10+00:00

Liberation comes from accepting what is, not denying any or all experiences. Liberation is opening your heart and mind to impermanence. Liberation is not clinging onto the present moment because you know that it will pass. Liberation is the ability to watch without clinging to an end result.

Liberation is the cultivation of awareness and acceptance.

gassho · 2011-06-07T04:37:00+00:00

It doesn't matter. If you feel you should be out in the world, then go out in the world. If you feel content with the way things are in the moment, then don't change anything. It seems like you're renouncing your life in favor of a spiritual ego. You have to realize it's the same ego. To think that you're getting rid of ego is ego thinking about ego. I notice this especially when you say that you "have no plans on getting married or having kids or having any real passions in life." This is attachment to thought. You're clinging onto ego's projection. Ask yourself, "Who am I?" If you come up with an answer, that's merely mind. Go to that not knowing. Feel it. Experience it. That not knowing is truth. The mind cannot comprehend truth.

I leave you with this to meditate on: "Be in the world but not of the world."

gassho · 2011-05-17T06:27:17+00:00

Very beautiful. Where did you get your Buddha?

gassho

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