Michael Forbus's Blog – October 2009 Archive (3)

Changing Perspectives



As the Buddhist view has consistently demonstrated, it is the perspective of the sufferer that determines whether a given experience perpetuates suffering or is a vehicle for awakening. To work something through means to change one’s view; if we try instead to change the emotion, we may achieve some short-term success, but we remain bound by forces of attachment and an aversion to the very feelings from which we are struggling to be free.



- Mark… Continue

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.



~The Buddha



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Just This Much



Full attention is both an activity of learning and the actualization of unconditional love. It is this selfless, choiceless love that heals the illusion… Continue

Our practice should be without effort, without strain,

without attempts to control or force and without trying to become 'peaceful'. If

we find that we are disturbing ourselves in any of these ways, we stop

meditating and simply rest or relax for a while. Then we resume our

meditation.



-Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche



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Looking at Suffering



In Buddhist practice, we investigate the nature of suffering.… Continue