1. Not struggling with this head cold. Fatheaded and snotspotted I’m trying to keep a clear head. Literally.

2. Listening to:

- “Untangling Thinking Through Wordless Awareness: Meditation Instructions and Q & A” by Matthew Brensilver from the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society. 

-A conversation with Her Eminence Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche from Chronicle Radio’s “Let Loose” podcast hosted by Barry Boyce.

3. Reading:

- Book – “You Don’t Have to be Buddhist to Know Nothing: An Illustrious Collection of Thoughts on Naught” by Joan Konner.

- Blog-‘Monk Mojo’s 1,000 Cuts’ How did I not discover this blog earlier?

4. Watching:

-Beverly “Guitar” Watson rocks it

This daylong will include three yoga classes, two meditation classes and a Kirtan. The schedule goes a little something like this:
10 am Gentle Yoga
11 am Intro to meditation
12-1pm lunch
1-2:15 Intermediate yoga
2:30-3:30 Meditation with Dharma talk
3:45-5 Yin Yoga
5-6 Kirtan

There is a minimum donation of $50 for this event and you are free to come and go as you wish.

The funds raised form this event will go towards bringing Noah Levine to Montreal for a teaching weekend September 25th & 26 as well as funding future events and a scholarship fund.

For more information, please visit the Dharma Punx website or contact them via mtl.dharmapunk@gmail.com

Doug from Philly is of the Dharma Punk ilk and is beyond cool. (I just sounded like Sassy magazine all of a sudden).

Seriously people.

I’m so happy to have another suffering punk rock Buddhist added to the mix. The world needs more of us.

Welcome Doug.

I’m really hoping this film will make it to Canada! Someone please drop me a line if you hear of any showings.

Meditate and Destroy

I’m meeting with another person who is interested in helping on this project and would love to hear from anyone else who would be up for either helping to organize a group, sit with us or just wants to send words of support our way.

It is time to share the dharma with others. Those who can appreciate sutras as much as old Ramones lyrics.

Hey ho… let’s go.
Drop me a line if you are in.

Tricycle’s Daily Dharma: June 11, 2006

The True Teaching

The true teaching is the kind of teaching that conforms to two things: First, it is consistent with the Buddhist insight. And secondly, it is appropriate for the person who is receiving it. It’s like medicine. It has to be true medicine, and it must fit the person who is receiving it.

Sometimes you can give someone a very expensive treatment, but they still die. That is why when the Buddha meets someone and offers the teaching he has to know that person in order to be able to offer the appropriate teaching. Even if the teaching is very valuable, if you don’t make it appropriate to the person, it is not Buddhist teaching.
–Thich Nhat Hanh, in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Vol.IV, #4

“In this teleseminar, he discusses rebellion and the Four Noble Truths, his journey through 12-steps and addiction, his work in prisons, the importance of relationship in transformation, the challenges of living non-violently and the opportunity of growing a uniquely American Buddhist tradition that embraces tattoos and cheeseburgers alongside mindfulness meditation.”

I DON”T CARE… I don’t care about what you do for a living. I want to know what you love most, and if you dare to face your demons. I don’t care how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of beaing alive. I don’t care what your fucking sign is, I want to know if you have touched the center of your sorrow, If you have been opened by life’s betrayals or if you have become hard and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can toleratepain,mine or your own, without trying to hide it or change it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; If you can get crazy and dance, letting the energy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic or to remember the limitations of being human. I don’t care if the story you are telling is true, I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see beauty, even when it is not a pretty day, and if you can source your life from Wisdom and Compassion. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand up and shout gabba gabba hey, for no reason at all. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair. weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done for the children. I don’t care who you are, what band you are in or how cool you are. I want to know if you will stand in the middle of the fire with me and fight for what we know is right. I don’t care what religion, race, sexual preference or political stance you have. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.>>>>>Oriah Mountain Dreamer (edited by Noah Levine).