Mar 3, 2024
The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature.
Bhagavad Gita As It Is 3.27
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The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature.
Bhagavad Gita As It Is 3.27
37 minute talk, 27 minute meditation, followed by brief addendum...
One of Josh’s better talks in a while, covering both anatta (non-self) and the four foundations of mindfulness, seasoned as always with generous amounts of neuropsychology.
Punk People of the Frenchy Forest #dharmapunx #folkpunks #batfrogs #bonjourbatfrog #forestpeople #woods #green #treepeople #trees #folkcabaret #thepunk #frenchy #beherenow (at New Paltz , New York)
“It’s easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one’s life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment. Compassion is our only hope, wisdom our weapon.”
The truth is, going against the internal stream of ignorance is way more rebellious than trying to start some sort of cultural revolution.
Noah Levine
So this made my day today. Grant is in 1st grade and has been meditating with his mom using the @insight timer app. He and his mom happen to practice about the same time I do, and apparently Grant LOVES to thank everyone that meditates with them. Stacy told me that he especially loves the cartoon avatar of me meditating on a stack of dynomite and thinking about Mint Chip ice cream. That has sparked many conversation about what happens when we practice. This afternoon, Stacy brought Grant over to meet me at @wanderlustfest in #Portland and they gave me this card. My heart is full and I think I may have met the next Buddha. ❤️❤️❤️❤️#wanderlust108 #insighttimer #meditate #buddha #dharma #sangha #dharmapunx #pdx (at Wanderlust)
The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.
The Threefold Miseries of Material Life
According to the materialistic way of life, if a poor man, after laboring very, very hard, gets some material profit at the end of his life, he is considered a success, even though he again dies while suffering the threefold miseries—adhyātmika, adhidaivika and adhibhautika. No one can escape the threefold miseries of materialistic life, namely miseries pertaining to the body and mind, miseries pertaining to the difficulties imposed by society, community, nation and other living entities, and miseries inflicted upon us by natural disturbances from earthquakes, famines, droughts, floods, epidemics, and so on. If one works very hard, suffering the threefold miseries, and then is successful in getting some small benefit, what is the value of this benefit? Besides that, even if a karmī is successful in accumulating some material wealth, he still cannot enjoy it, for he must die in bereavement. I have even seen a dying man begging a medical attendant to increase his life by four years so that he could complete his material plans. Of course, the medical man was unsuccessful in expanding the life of the man, who therefore died in great bereavement. Everyone must die in this way, and after one’s mental condition is taken into account by the laws of material nature, he is given another chance to fulfill his desires in a different body. Material plans for material happiness have no value, but under the spell of the illusory energy we consider them extremely valuable. There were many politicians, social reformers and philosophers who died very miserably, without deriving any practical value from their material plans. Therefore, a sane and sensible man never desires to work hard under the conditions of threefold miseries, only to die in disappointment. - Srila Prabhupada