"The awake state is the ordinary of the ordinary - an absolutely insignificant thing, completely insignificant. It's nothing, actually. And if you see it...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Dec 10, 2010 7:56 pm
"Humility, very simply, is the absence of arrogance. When there is no arrogance, you relate with your world as an eye-level situation, without ...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Dec 12, 2010 11:38 pm
We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice. And if we choose to do so, we can put an end to suffering and...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Dec 14, 2010 8:26 pm
"The general idea is that if you open yourself to what the given situation is, then you see its completely naked quality. You don't have to put up a...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Dec 22, 2010 4:27 pm
CLARITY ON THE SPOT Perception can be categorized into three levels: experience, emptiness, and luminosity. (We have discussed the first two in previous...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Dec 29, 2010 2:46 pm
an excerpt from" The Manure of Experience and the Field of Bodhi" chapter "It is said, I think in the Lankavatara Sutra, that unskilled farmers throw away...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Jan 4, 2011 3:14 pm
NOBODY POLISHES THE SUN We don't have to run away from this world. We don't have to feel harsh and deprived. We can contribute a lot to the world, and we can...
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bayoubuddha2001
Jan 11, 2011 10:49 pm
Learning is the first step in making positive changes within yourself. Other factors are conviction, determination, action and effort. Learning and education...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Jan 12, 2011 3:33 am
Realizing that you don't need any fresh, new, extraordinary things to entertain you, you can be there on the spot and celebrate what you have. You don't need ...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Jan 14, 2011 10:38 pm
"Awakeness is FOUND in our pleasure and our pain, our confusion and our wisdom. It's available in each moment of our weird, unfathomable, ordinary lives. Pema...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Jan 18, 2011 6:09 pm
A POWERFUL SENSE OF PERCEPTION Magic is the power within oneself. You have enough strength, exertion and energy to view things as they are, personally,...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Feb 6, 2011 9:17 pm
"The enemy of kindness is our unseen passive aggression fed by fear." Shambhala Community talk...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Mar 8, 2011 5:45 am
YOU CANNOT DRIVE A CAMEL THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE When we talk of "higher" things, we tend to think in terms of our own point of view, a bigger version of...
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crazymt...
Mar 15, 2011 2:14 am
Venerable Tsering Phuntsok: A Cultural Exchange in Acadiana Time Monday, 21 March • 6-8 pm Tuesday and Wednesday Individual sessions if scheduled Thursday,...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Mar 16, 2011 8:16 pm
ALL YOUR POLARITIES ARE VALID A critical attitude towards oneself doesn't mean that you have to be hateful of yourself. The critical attitude can be...
1823
Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Apr 4, 2011 3:51 pm
AFTER THE TEACHER IS GONE One of the Buddhist scriptures says: "Since Buddha-nature pervades all beings, there is no such thing as an unsuitable candidate (for...
1825
Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Dec 18, 2011 3:01 pm
What is Emptiness? Emptiness is a mode of perception, a way of looking at experience. It adds nothing to, and takes nothing away from, the raw data of physical...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Dec 19, 2011 2:21 pm
Meditation is never one thing; you'll experience moments of peace, moments of sadness, moments of joy, moments of anger, moments of sleepiness. The terrain...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Dec 28, 2011 4:19 pm
It is not sufficient merely to see that sentient beings are suffering. You must also develop a sense of closeness with them, a sense that they are dear. With...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Feb 29, 2012 12:31 am
Meditation practice is largely about building capacity in attention, but what is capacity? Is it how long you can rest in attention? Is it how strong, or deep,...
1829
Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Mar 4, 2012 3:31 pm
Letting go of fixation is effectively a process of learning to be free, because every time we let go of something, we become free of it. Whatever we fixate...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Apr 9, 2012 2:01 pm
Polishing Our Buddhanature Selfless service brings balance to your practice. Since it engages the body, it balances the tendency we have to think and theorize...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
May 30, 2012 3:41 am
FLAT TIRES ARE PART OF THE JOURNEY There is a problem in thinking that you are supposed to be advancing in your practice all the time. You don't have to...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Jun 27, 2012 1:30 pm
June 27, 2012 HOW DO WE REACT? When someone blames us, how do we react? When we've lost something, how do we react? When we feel we've gained something, how do...
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crazymt...
Aug 6, 2012 6:36 pm
Acadiana Shambhala Meditation Group will hold public sitting at 6:30pm on Mon, 13 Aug at Greta's house. Contact me if you need directions. Final Moh Hardin...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Sep 5, 2012 2:24 pm
To stay with that shakinessâ€"to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revengeâ€"that is...
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Michael
bayoubuddha2001
Oct 31, 2012 10:56 pm
If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be. – Yogi Berra...
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crazymt...
Dec 29, 2012 5:57 pm
Acadiana Shambhala Meditation Group Who Am I? The Basic Goodness of Being Human presented by Acharya Moh Hardin Fri 25 Jan 7 - 9pm Sat 26 Jan 8:30am -...
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crazymt...
Feb 5, 2013 3:01 am
Shambhala Art: Parts 1 and 2 with Lynn Wolfe • Introductory event, open to the public • Sat February 2nd: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM • Sun February 3rd: 9:00 AM -...
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crazymt@...
crazymt...
Feb 5, 2013 3:01 am
Little January Tapped at my door today And said, "Put on your winter wraps, And come outdoors to play." Little January Is always full of fun; Today we coasted...
