BDG on YouTube: Death Dhamma Podcast: Is Today a Good Day to Die? Living Fully with Purpose with Elysabeth Williamson
Watch: https://youtu.be/reKvdJpVgIU
BDG on YouTube: Death Dhamma Podcast: Is Today a Good Day to Die? Living Fully with Purpose with Elysabeth Williamson
Watch: https://youtu.be/reKvdJpVgIU
"I am reminded of how fleeting this life is. Years may as well be counted as seconds. A spark in the flames of eternity. We are born into chaos and we try to carve out a place of peace and happiness. And then we are gone. We disappear into the night sky never to be heard from again. Such is this world." ~ B.T.
Why in Nature?
Because #Nature is unfiltered #Dharma. Trees do not pretend. Water does not compare itself to stone. Wind does not ask for approval. Practising in #Nature allows a direct encounter with #impermanence, #interdependence, & raw presence. No teachings need to be spoken. The river flows. The mountain stands. That is #Zen.
Your body will change. Your mind will change. Your relationships will end.
Everything in front of the mirror is impermanent.
But the mirror—the mind itself—does not change.
#Zen #Mindfulness #Impermanence #Meditation #MirrorMind #EgoDeath #SpiritualAwakening #Nonduality #SelfInquiry #LetGo
https://youtube.com/shorts/7ZK3H0zaiTw
BDG on YouTube: Death Dhamma Podcast: Regret, Remorse, and Equanimity
Watch: https://youtu.be/cVhvIkfqKDE
Everything changes—your body, your thoughts, your identity.
The more you cling, the more you suffer.
Clarity comes from letting go… and seeing your mind as it truly is.
Don’t just hear the teaching. **Experience it.**
#Zen #Mindfulness #LetGo #SpiritualAwakening #Impermanence #Meditation #DirectExperience #SelfAwareness #Presence https://youtube.com/shorts/UtwGS8dy8N4
How many May dawns
have I slept right through,
the trees courageous with blossom?
Let me number them…
—Kathleen Jamie, “Blossom”
published in SELECTED POEMS (Picador, 2018)
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/kathleen-jamie/selected-poems/9781509882953
All nature changes,
everything impermanent,
but for brief moments...
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#haiku
#nature
#dailyhaikuprompt
(brief)
#impermanence
#buddhism
#tao
Today’s #DailySutta:
SN 22.46 Dutiyaaniccasutta: Impermanent (2)
“When one sees this thus as it really is with correct wisdom, one holds no more views concerning the past.…”
Read the sutta https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/sn-22-46-dutiyaaniccasutta-impermanent-2/?=MDS
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BDG on YouTube: Death Dhamma Podcast: A Meditation Practice for Equanimity
Watch: https://youtu.be/ui6o-4-bBfw
BDG feature: Buddha in a Tea Cup: Sip. Smile. Enlighten!
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/ynzzk8nb
See and realize
that this world
is not permanent
Neither late nor early flowers
will remain.
Ryokan
Even simple daily tasks feel different when done #Naked. Gardening, hiking, swimming — all feel more connected, more real. Without clothes as a barrier, you feel the texture of the world with a clarity that is often dulled by layers of fabric. This heightened sensitivity nurtures a deep appreciation for #Nature, for our bodies, & for the beautiful #impermanence of life itself. #Naturism #NoClothes #NudeIsNormal #Naked #BodyPositivity… (18/39)
The sound of a swollen
mountain stream rapidly rushing
makes one know
how very quickly life itself
is pressed along its course.
Saigyō
Love him or hate him, this is one of the most beautiful openings to an album I have ever heard.
Fear and Fridays Poem - Zach Bryan
"I'd say I've seen some beautiful days, I've walked countless coastlines, awoken on mountain tops, I have seen death and birth and kissed good lips.
I don't need a music machine telling me what a good story is, and matter of fact I've never asked nothing from nobody.
I've taken my motorbike down the Pacific 101 and I have stood atop the Empire State Building with my father.
I've ridden in fear, although, I was afraid every single time.
I've learned that every waking moment is enough and excess never leads to better things, it only piles and piles atop the things that are already abundantly in front of you like breathing and chasing and slow dancing and love making, fighting and laughing.
I am unhinged, unworthy, and distasteful to mostly everyone l meet, however I am loyal to a fault to anyone I find kindness in.
I do not and will not fear tomorrow because I feel as though today has been enough, and I got no hate in my heart for anything, anywhere, or anyone.
And I think fear and Fridays got an awful lot in common, they're overdone and glorified and always leave you wantin. Yeah, I think fear and Fridays got an awful lot in common, they're overdone and glorified and they always leave you wantin'."
BDG on YouTube: Death Dhamma Podcast: Musings on Equanimity
Watch: https://youtu.be/PpFEQolUHDg
Your body is always changing. Your thoughts, your emotions—even your sense of self—shift from day to day. So what remains constant? To truly know yourself, you must go beyond what changes. You must understand the part of you that doesn’t. #Zen #Mindfulness #Consciousness #Identity #WhoAmI #Change #Impermanence #TrueSelf https://youtube.com/shorts/1_ASyejmgDk
BDG on YouTube: Death Dhamma Podcast: Finding Equanimity: Navigating Anger in Chaotic Times
Watch: https://youtu.be/Dcj81CQDmmw
In #ZenBuddhist poetry, this is constant. A falling leaf becomes a sermon. Mist is clarity. A quiet pond is a mirror of the mind. #Nature in #ZenBuddhism isn’t a theme — it’s the ground of being. To live fully is to live in harmony with seasons, elements, & #impermanence. (6/19)