HeyJaredthe softer gaze
Life from a Buddhist perspective. Stories, poems and reflections with a softer and more compassionate gaze.
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Generating bodhichitta is not easy (opens the original)
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In Tibetan Buddhism, every single teaching that is ever given, and every practice that is ever done, begins with Refuge and bodhichitta: Refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, the Three Jewels, and bodhichitta – generating the wise and compassionate mind of enlightenment. In Mahayana, bodhichitta is the motivation that we attempt to establish before we begin anything at all, in fact, whether it be Dharma related or apparently mundane activity like sweeping the floor. But it turns out that gene
Apologies (opens the original)
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Yesterday afternoon I posted an article on an interview of Bob Dylan in which he spoke inspiringly about death and ultimate reality (my words). I have since deleted this, so any links you have to the post will no longer work. Many of you had actually liked the post! But I received a message from someone holding the YouTube channel on Bob Dylan who told me that the particular interview my article was around was not real. It had been entirely made up.I do not wish to be in the business of peddling
Chipping away at the self (opens the original)
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The core truth that is taught in the Shravakayana, or Vehicle of the Hearers, is the non-self of persons. Those familiar with Buddhism will have heard the word and many will confess they don’t understand it while others will believe that they do. Realizing non-self comes at the end of that Buddhist path. There will be glimpses and clues along the way but a sustained and thorough understanding of non-self is tantamount to having reached the destination: nirvana. If that is the case, it might give
It’s not too late (opens the original)
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We know that the demographics of Buddhists in the West tends towards a preponderance of people over fifty. So this advice on how to continue practice in our later years, when our faculties and bodies are not in prime condition, might be helpful to many of us. I certainly find it heartening.<
No-self is not a number (opens the original)
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A warm welcome to all the many people who have recently subscribed to my blog. Here I am sharing an article I posted over a year ago which many subscribers will not have seen.Last week I was sitting on a Danish train minding my own business. Out of the blue, it seemed, a very tall man boarded the train and sat down opposite me. Even before he was seated he began talking to me in a very loud voice, and in Danish to boot. I let him say whatever it was he was saying and then, when there was a momen
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