Clarity's blogWisdom and confusion of a Slovenian Shambhala BuddhistDigital Tibetan Buddhist Altar: UNDEFEATED GENERALS- January 28, 2008 Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar: UNDEFEATED GENERALS Dakini, schmakini&8230; this or that rinpoche&8230; who recognized who&8230; it is just an absolute waste of time&8230; it doesn&8217;t matter. What matters is the ability to use a broken heart for the benefit of others. Now, I am not sure how for real this is, but it definitely makes for ...http://clarity.awakeheart.net/articles/2008/01/28/digital-tibetan-buddhist-altar-undefeate... calming down- January 17, 2008 the emotional turmoil seems to be calming down at last and my head is beginning to clear somewhat. Now I&8217;m just exhausted from it all. On the positive side, I&8217;ve just started reading Life of the Buddha by Sherab Chodzin and it is really wonderful to read it, like a balsam ( is this the ...http://clarity.awakeheart.net/articles/2008/01/17/calming-down/ emotional turmoil- January 15, 2008 Sigh&8230; In lots of emotional turmoil again. That&8217;s one thing that one hopes will go away with meditation. Well, it does not, at least not in the way one would think. There&8217;s still reactivity, still pain, despair and all the emotions, but what seems to change slowly is that more and more it just ...http://clarity.awakeheart.net/articles/2008/01/15/emotional-turmoil/ not mine, am not I, this is not my self- January 15, 2008 &8220;Now what do you think, brethren, is body permanent or impermanent&8221; &8220;Impermanent, Lord.&8221; &8220;And is the impermanent painful or pleasant&8221; &8220;Painful, Lord.&8221; &8220;Then what is impermanent, painful, and unstable by nature, is it fitting to consider as, &8216;this is mine, this am I, this is my self&8217;&8221; &8220;Surely not, Lord.&8221; &8220;So also is it with feeling, ...http://clarity.awakeheart.net/articles/2008/01/15/not-mine-am-not-i-this-is-not-my-self/ enlightenment,wisdom and merit- January 3, 2008 Shambhala Sun - Approaching the Guru To cut a long story short, if you want enlightenment you need wisdom. If you want wisdom, you must have merit. And to have merit, according to mahayana, you must have compassion and bodhichitta, the wish to establish beings in the state of freedom.http://clarity.awakeheart.net/articles/2008/01/03/enlightenmentwisdom-and-merit/ Daniel Goleman on compassion- January 2, 2008 This is a very interesting talk by Daniel Goleman on compassion: http:www.ted.comtalksviewid200 It seems that the new social neuroscience is confirming what Buddhists have been saying for quite a while longer - compassion is inherent in us as human beings, but we manage to cover it over, or turn it off. What do we need to do ...http://clarity.awakeheart.net/articles/2008/01/03/daniel-goleman-on-compassion/ |