Philosophy 04 (Jan 25 - Dec 26)

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Work with Your Doubt

In working with doubt, we can pay close attention to the effect of practice.

As insight and ethical commitment deepen, confidence grows.

We may eventually reach a point where our confidence becomes so settled that there is no turning back.

- Doug Smith, “What Does Stream-Entry Mean?”

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Honor Our Endings

There is much to learn from swimming in the deep shades of our grief and we will emerge from it basking in the sun.

If we cannot honor our endings then how are we supposed to usher in new beginnings?

- Mimi Zhu, “Grief Is an Ancestor”

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Emptiness Is a Mirror

Just as emptiness is not something external, the Divine is not an external being but our deepest, truest self — our deepest, truest reality.

- Mark Unno, “Blind Passions”

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An Audacious Heart

Even when confronted with frightening intimidation, you should make your heart audacious to the proper degree.

- Ajaan Lee, “Human Values”

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Pure and Simple

Our inherent nature is pure.

All we have to do is rediscover who we really are and that’s what the path is for.

It’s very simple.

- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, “Necessary Doubt”

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Working on Mindfulness

Sitting, standing, walking and lying down; eating, drinking, working, speaking and thinking, we should always have all-round mindfulness of the present.

- Ajaan Mun, “Strategies for Clear Insight”

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Be a Kid Again

Devotion is so pure and so warm and open.

Kids have that capacity. We have to remember how to be kids again.

= Tenzin Choegyal

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From Emptiness to Possibility

I’ve come to understand that emptiness isn’t nothingness, it’s spaciousness.

And spaciousness isn’t empty; it’s full of possibility.

- Christopher Rivas, “Non-Self Storage”

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Discovering Simplicity

When people turn away from pursuing excitement, comfort, wealth, status or other such goals, it is common to discover a deeper valuing of simplicity.

Simplicity could be seen as one of the wholesome aspirations.

- Kim Allen, “The Value of Simplicity”

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Just a Thought

It is only when we see a thought as just a thought and don’t rush to assign it any meaning, that we begin to notice its dynamics.

- Bernat Font, “The Doubting Disease”