Astrological Prophecies for 2020 to 2030: The Great Awakening. Was the Buddha a Vegetarian? - Theosophical Society in America. Printed in the Winter 2013 issue of Quest magazine.
Citation: Cianciosi, John. "Was the Buddha a Vegetarian? " Quest 101. 1 (Winter 2013): pg. 15 - 21. By John Cianciosi Once when I gave a talk on Buddhism and vegetarianism, there were some very strong reactions from some members of the audience. We see this over and over again in every aspect of life. Of course, we need views; we cannot live without them. Vegetarianism is one such topic. Scriptural Basis Let's begin with a fundamental question: Is it a prerequisite for a Buddhist to be a vegetarian according to the teachings of the Buddha? People say, "Well how do you know what the Buddha taught, anyway?
" So there are three collections of scriptures. Why Activism Needs The Sacred, By Carolyn Baker. I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens.
If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice. ~Helen Prejean, Activist Nun and author of “Dead Man Walking” For decades Sister Helen Prejean has resisted the death penalty and devoted her life to educating citizens regarding its economic, social, and spiritual costs to a society. She is one of myriad activists who are informed and supported by a spiritual path and a sense of something greater at work in the world and in their lives than the purely rational-scientific paradigm of industrial civilization.
Sacred Activism: A Shamanic Perspective - Aziz Shamanism. Activism within spirituality is becoming a popular topic – not surprising really when you consider the destruction of human, animal and plant life that abounds; not to mention the ongoing damage to the environment generally and consequent climate change.
I recently came across an article Why Activism Needs the Sacred by Carolyn Baker in the US. She quotes author Andrew Harvey in his book: The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism: “A spirituality that is only private and self-absorbed, one devoid of an authentic political and social consciousness, does little to halt the suicidal juggernaut of history. Opinion: Want to Make Space for Awakening in a Woke/Unwoke world? By Julie Pham A group of students, both white and people of color, get assigned to work together on a class project.
After class, a few of them express dissatisfaction that some academic terms related to racism are used incorrectly. Another teacher, a white man, learns that the team is upset and approaches them to better understand their concerns. But no one in the group will talk to him about the issue. After he leaves, one woman in the group says to the others, “One day, we’ll all be in the position of not knowing something.
The others ignore her. The teacher tries to come around again, but the group still won’t engage with him. The woman once again tries to advocate for a conversation with the teacher. Finally, she decides that she will talk to the teacher, outside of the team. She wonders if she should tell the others that she spoke to the teacher. We need to move on from self-care to something that cannot be captured by capitalism. Any chance that my hope the odious phrase “self-care” would be expelled from popular use this new decade disappeared when I saw the cover of this month’s Cosmopolitan (UK) magazine.
The cover star is Lena Dunham and the strapline is “on sex, love and self-care”. That she is talking about self-care in terms of a health problem (endometriosis) that took 13 years before it was diagnosed – and left her serious health problems, a series of operations, and feeling chronically run down and low on energy – is a signal that self-care is currently a better option than the care that society currently gives us. But shouldn’t we be asking for more? Shouldn’t we be moving from the concept of self-care to a broader, more inclusive notion of collective care?
That was, and remains, my hope for this decade. If a phrase summed up the complicated flawed zeitgeist of the 2010s – it was self-care. Want a last minute holiday to Bali? The fact that it’s collective, means it’s for everyone. Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. My very dear Janine,Thank you very much for your kind letter.
Regarding your question on pride, this is my advice. Each time pride arises, it leaves negative imprints on the mind. It causes strong delusions to arise, if it is dependent on lower objects—poor, ugly, lower forms, all these different aspects that you see, and from which strong delusion arises and makes karma. This is very heavy, and interferes with your achievement of enlightenment, which is the ultimate goal. Water cannot stay on the tip of the mountain, and also water cannot stay on top of an upside-down container, meaning you can’t receive any qualities or knowledge—not just intellectual understanding, but also realizations—in your mental continuum if you have pride.