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Duhkha, Not Suffering

1/21/2020

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​I’ve been pushing back against translating the term duhkha as “suffering” for quite a while now; at least since I looked more deeply into what the Buddha reportedly said about it in the Pali Canon. From my reading, it makes much better sense to describe duhkha as “stressful.” ​


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Mindfulness Yoga: Hatha-Yoga and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness              Part One

6/12/2019

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Mindfulness Yoga Rule # 1: We are not here to make asanas of ourselves. 

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Naikan: Gratitude for Everyday Gifts

6/4/2019

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​Pay attention and you'll find that even a seemingly uneventful day is filled with precious gifts.


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Concentration & Mindfulness

2/26/2019

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​"Two things will lead you to supreme understanding (prajnaparamita). What are those two? Concentration (samatha) and insight (vipassana)."
--- The Buddha


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Mudita-Bhavana: Boundless Joy; Part Two

1/23/2019

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Somewhat paradoxically, the contemplation on impermanence can also enhance our ability to touch joy. The Buddha thought the contemplation of impermanence so important he called it one of the three “Dharma Seals,” saying that without an understanding of 

impermanence, one could not fully penetrate the Dharma, meaning both his teachings and the real nature of things.

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Mudita-Bhavana: Boundless Joy; Part One

1/8/2019

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“We hate it when our friends are successful,” sang Morrissey, the mope-rock, singer songwriter and former leader of The Smiths. And while  “hate” may be overstating the issue, a quick Google search of that song finds hundreds 

of articles and blogs quoting Morrissey, with people sharing the dark, not-so-secret fact, that rather than celebrating others’ successes and happiness, we often react with envy and jealousy. And the flip side of this human quirk is the guilty delight, or schadenfreude, we feel when others fail, as evidenced by so much of the popular reaction to celebrities’ foibles and misfortunes. But we short-change our own joy by falling into such bitterness. We can increase our joy by learning to delight in the joy of others.

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Karuna-Bhavana

12/28/2018

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Karuna is related to the word “karma,” understood to be the intention and capacity to relieve and transform suffering, to lighten sorrow; to cultivate reverence for all life.​
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Metta-Bhavana

12/14/2018

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The Buddha taught that cultivating a kind and loving heart with a love for all creation is the most important dimension of our spiritual practice. The Pali word metta (Sanskrit: maitri) has two root meanings. The first is “gentle” as in a gentle misty rain that in falling, does not pick and choose where it falls. It simply falls with no discrimination. The second root is “friend.” A good and true friend is one who is constant in good times and bad. The culmination of metta is to become a good friend to all of life.

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Thanks Giving; Giving Thanks

11/22/2018

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It's sad and dispiriting that Thanksgiving has this incredibly WHITEwashed story behind it. The genocide of the indigenous peoples of this land is -- along with slavery -- the shadow that looms over america to this day.
Can this day be a remembrance of this tragic history while finding some other day to celebrate our INTERDEPENDENCE? Because NOT ONE OF US is here and can continue to live without the support of myriad others. Let us give thanks to the sheer fact of that reality.

Set aside 30 minutes, preferably at the end of the day, to try this Naikan practice.

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Moving Into 'Big Sky Mind'

10/23/2018

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There is no place to seek the mind;
It is like the footprints of the birds in the sky.
--- Zenrin
Every contemplative tradition has what might be called "objectless" meditation emphasizing the characteristics of awareness. As simple as it may seem, it can be challenging for most, so here's an incremental practice to create the qualities of stability, reflectivity and resilient equanimity needed for such "objectless" meditation.

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    Poepsa Frank Jude Boccio is a yoga teacher and zen buddhist dharma teacher living in Tucson, AZ.

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