“nor are they otherwise” / Lankavatara Sutra
nothing is other than arising and ceasing;
nothing is as it seems, nor is it otherwise
when reality is what it seems to us to be,
dukkha is our wanting it to be otherwise
reality is not as it seems,
nor is it otherwise
wanting anything is dukkha,
and being well is wanting nothing,
letting go of wanting anything
— Jack Kornfield (@JackKornfield) June 12, 2017
being well is being on the eightfold path,
doing no more than need be done
to simply be and let be,
wanting nothing
being well is a fourfold process:
- seeing dukkha as wanting anything
- sensing it as it arises and letting it be
- noticing that it ceases when it is let be
- being on the path where it can be let be
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be well, want nothing
want nothing, be well
May all be well, “pervading the world with a mind imbued with
loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.”
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notes
notes on ***reality, dukkha, and being well*** follow credits and links below
The grand delusion: Why nothing is as it seems https://t.co/jCZokFoORW PDF: https://t.co/P1Z0BcV2Ui via https://t.co/f5oRzY7RsT pic.twitter.com/YKaYzKsxrj
— George Atherton (@notrehta) May 29, 2017
nothing is as it seems
the marks of existence – anicca, dukkha, and anatta – and the interdependent web
anicca [uh-NIK-uh] … no being is not changing
dukkha [DOO-k(h)uh] … no being is not wanting
anatta [un-uh(t)-TAH] … no being is not depending
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nothing is not changing
nothing is not wanting
nothing is not depending
* * *
nothing is other than
the interdependent web
of all being
no one is
identities and entities
are in the mind
only in the mind is anyone
or anything other than
the interdependent web
of all being
only in the mind is anyone
or anything other than
this timeless present:
endless flux and nothing
depending on nothing
nothing is other than this
no one is
nothing is as it seems
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notes
Questioner: Is it not our duty to be patriots?
Ramana Maharshi: Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that.
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nothing is other than
the interdependent web
of all existence
no one is
nothing depends on nothing,
and nothing does not change
what is thought of as dukkha arises and ceases:
it arises with wanting and ceases with being
dukkha ceases with being that is simply being
and letting be … and doing no more
than need be done to be and let be
dukkha ceases with seeing that no one is other
than the interdependent web of all existence;
that nothing is; that all other entities are in the mind
Questioner:
— Non-DualityૐAdvaita (@JivamuktiAnam) February 26, 2016
How should we treat others?
Ramana Maharshi:
There are no others pic.twitter.com/pwg38EmqWY
“An awe-filled agnosticism is perhaps the better part of wisdom,”
says Rev Dr Marilyn Sewell of when one is, as she puts it,
“entering the ground of the infinite with the powers of a finite mind.”
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— Nisargadatta Maharaj (@Nisargadatta_M) January 26, 2017
how to say you’re sorry https://t.co/1Ixb2nyKSz pic.twitter.com/N4718rKWEZ
— George Atherton (@notrehta) January 18, 2017
How to apologize well and avoid apologizing badly https://t.co/A5dLs3QhFo
— George Atherton (@notrehta) January 18, 2017
“If the only prayer you say in your entire life is ‘Thank you,’ that is enough.” Meister Eckhart (d. 1328)https://t.co/kFS7LOXh4Z pic.twitter.com/GahQRlshTM
— George Atherton (@notrehta) October 10, 2016
let the unknowable be as it is,
and give thanks to all being for being
#DYK Thanksgiving has been celebrated on Canadian soil since 1578, 43 years before the arrival of the pilgrims. Happy #Thanksgiving to all! pic.twitter.com/A44v9NwLhL
— Canada (@Canada) October 10, 2016