Morning Star Dhamma

Actually just the opposite, non-avoidance, to be aware of every sensation & equanimous. That state of non-sensing/non-feeling is impermanent and not an ultimate goal. Dhamma is not an anesthetic. Life is to be lived.

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Thanks for sharing all that! I don’t think it should have been blocked in another forum.

Probably ok to post your reply here.

Just as a sculptor chips away marble to reveal a masterpiece, may we chip away, greed, hate & delusion, unto #enlightenment.

Sudhana with Three Elephants

What we see is a reflection of the mind. One person’s sunny, beautiful day is another’s day of gloom. Therefore, may we be compassionate to self and others.

"Adhipataka Sutta: Like Moths to the Flame" (Ud 6.9), translated from the Pali by Andrew Olendzki. Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 2 November 2013, www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/...

Rushing up but then too far, they miss the point;
Only causing ever newer bonds to grow.
So obsessed are some by what is seen and heard,
They fly just like these moths — straight into the flames.

We are in this predicament because we have not learned the most important lessons, & have not accepted the most obvious truths.

It’s easy to underestimate how bound up we might be to sensuality, wanted this, hating that, eating for pleasure, always looking for the next thing.

Equanimity can be freeing.

Running away, one runs toward something. Not fleeing, may we find stillness.

Zao Gongen

You are bound to be misunderstood, it is unavoidable. May we respond with compassion, not anger or hurt, recognizing that act of misunderstanding as the product of a suffering heart & mind.

The eradication of suffering is not the elimination of pain.

The gnosis of #Dhamma is this present reality, just as it is.

The gnosis of Dhamma is this present reality, just as it is.

Walk for Peace Buddhist monks arrive in Fort Worth for homecoming celebration Hundreds of people from across the country attend the monks’ welcome festivities in the Historic Stop Six neighborhood.

“They’re not worried about politics or religion, they just care about human beings like all of us.”

#WalkForPeace

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The #Dhamma is remedial not like an aspirin but more like good exercise.

As Walk for Peace reaches DC, Buddhist monks share interfaith message with thousands WASHINGTON (RNS) — Dominga Hobbs, who lives in Colombia and lost her husband in the past year, said, ‘I’m here for me, for my family, and to honor the monks for this extraordinary effort. My husband b...

“Your every step carried a message, and that message now lives here with all of us.”

#WalkForPeace

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Yesterday, I stood outside Christ Church for several hours with thousands of people in 33-degree weather, watching a Buddhist monk who has been walking for 107 days, tell us to brush our teeth.

Not exactly. But sort of.

Watch Fort Worth monks arrive in Washington, DC, Walk for Peace enters the capital A group of Fort Worth monks walking 2,300 miles for peace made it to the nation’s capital 108 days after leaving their eastside temple.

Arrival.

#WalkForPeace

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Buddhist Monks' 2,300 Mile Walk for Peace to Reach D.C. Tuesday - The Bradenton Times The Walk for Peace is a 2,300-mile Buddhist pilgrimage from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., led by 24 monks from the Hương Đạo Vipassana Bhavana Center, promoting peace, compassion, and …

Almost there.

#WalkForPeace

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We resonate with the vibrations we ourselves create, which then naturally surround us, so amplified.

Buddhist monks on Walk for Peace will enter Dinwiddie County on third day in Virginia A group of Buddhist monks on a 2,300-mile Walk for Peace will make their way to Dinwiddie County on their third day in Virginia.

Entering Dinwiddie County.

#WalkForPeace

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May we aspire to purity of body, speech & mind.

Nutriment for what purpose? To what end? Worth asking.

The source of thoughts is not self.

YouTube video by WRAL 'He was included': Video of Wake Forest boy with monks goes viral on social media

In this age of divisions, a small tale of inclusion. #WalkForPeace

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Buddhist monks surpass halfway mark of 'Peace Walk,' despite snow and freezing temps The monks were not deterred by severe winter weather in the Southeast.

“This is the peace that lives beneath all circumstances — steady, quiet, unshakeable. It doesn't depend on perfect weather or smooth roads. It doesn't require everything to go our way.”

#WalkForPeace

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Do the right thing in secret, without expectations, and see what happens.

Aschermann: A Drastic Contast Could there be a more drastic contrast in our country today than the Buddhist monks walking for peace and the behavior of ICE in Minneapolis?

“Could there be a more drastic contrast in our country today than the Buddhist monks walking for peace and the behavior of ICE in Minneapolis?”

#WalkForPeace

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