Category: mindfulness

Contemplating Disease – Ten Characteristics – Part 12e – December 28, 2018

Under the section which talks about Means Chih-I advises that you should skillfully employ healing methods as appropriate.  I take this to include the use of doctors and medicines which may be prescribed to you for your treatment and care.  Here I am going to reveal my prejudice to the use of Western medicine.   What informs my preference towards Western medicine would be a fair question to ask.  Mainly it boils down to the…

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Contemplating Disease – Part 12d – Ten Characteristics – December 26, 2018

Fourth of the Ten Characteristics is Constancy.  By this Chih-I means that the methods we employ for living in disease should all be consistent.  Every thought, every effort, every should be focused upon our belief and actions in living in disease.  It would be counter productive for us as believers in the Lotus Sutra and Buddhism to then employ thoughts and beliefs that contradict what we say is our core belief.  As Nichiren points out…

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NVC Dharma Talk – Requests Part 2 – December 2, 1018

Today was our second venture into the fourth part of the four part formula of Nonviolent Communication, NVC, Requests.  This is hard work as you can witness from the comments and struggles of our Sangha today.  Perhaps you too will take advantage of the moments of silence and seriously engage in your own reflections and thoughts. NVC is hard work, it is about learning a new way of engaging in conversations and communication as well…

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NVC Dharma Talk – Requests – November 18, 2018

Today our Dharma Talk covered the fourth part of the four part Nonviolent Communication, NVC formula.  Requests may seem as if they should be simple yet when done according to the NVC way they are indeed challenging.  Some my think they are not workable, I challenge that because with skill and practice every part of the NVC approach is possible and beneficial to engaging in connecting conversations.  Mostly it is a matter of practice and…

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