Sex. Identity. Gender. LGBTQ+, Non-Binary, Animals, Rights and Dharma. Are we a narcissistic species?
I regularly refer to women and men in public talks or men, women and children or all sentient beings. …
I regularly refer to women and men in public talks or men, women and children or all sentient beings. …
Dharma teachings/practices have a great strength to them. These strengths include the capacity to focus on direct experience, develop or transform these experiences giving nourishment clarity and insight to our daily life. …
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As the years pass by, I hear more frequently from the Sangha, the language of Guru-ji. It is said to me, as far as I can tell, as a term of endearment. It might be said to try to wind me up! …
This is a transcription, edit, adaption, plus additional sentences, from a recorded session. I gave this guided meditation and talk during a 90-minute Zoom session on Dharma teachings hosted by Sangha Live on 5 June 2022 on the theme of Relative and Ultimate Truth. …
A handful of readers tell me, often bluntly, what I write is NOT a Buddhist perspective. I have regularly replied to such a reader. Since the reader implies he or she knows a Buddhist perspective, I politely request the person to write a Buddhist perspective adding I will post their Buddhist perspective on my blog.
So far, no correspondent has e-mailed me a true Buddhist perspective. Not one single reader in 15 years of blogging, more than 1000 blogs and over 800,000 views.
My blog addresses a wide range of topics including significant issues in the public mind, such as environmental destruction, the global pandemic and war. A reader can go to the top right-hand corner of the home page and type a key word in the Search bar. You may find a Buddhist perspective in your area of interest.
Topics include books, photos, films, business, science critiques, Dharma reflections, daily life, mindfulness, poems, music, politics, retreat environments, social, the Buddha and the spiritual.
I would prefer to use A Dharma Perspective. Unlike the word ‘Yoga,’ Dharma lacks street recognition, except among Buddhists. Hindus and those with interest in the teachings of the East.
What do I mean by a Buddhist perspective?
In Alphabetical order.
In my view, the text of a Buddhist Perspective stays true to areas referred to below.
I look at a blog to ensure I keep to the spirit and letter of a Buddhist Perspective. Sometimes. readers send me a valid point about a blog, so I regularly adapt the point to the text to offer a more balanced view.
If we write with conviction, we enter a world of praise and blame. Via the blog and other forms of social media linked to the blog, responses or reactions land in front of me. I can understand why people resist writing anything, as it can be hard to handle the wrath and anger thrown at the writer. You do not need to be thick skinned. You do not need to use your sensitivity as an excuse to stop writing. We cannot write well unless we know a depth of sensitivity.
Fear of views of others, and old patterns of contraction form a writer’s block. Sensitivity cannot do that.
We can regard people’s reaction as grist for the mill, whether we agree or not with their comments.
I suspect Facebook automatically adjusts its algorithms to reduce readers of my Facebook page when I criticise Facebook. Instagram and the Covid vaccination industry. I don’t believe in so-called ‘free speech,’ and I don’t believe in censorship by powerful corporations, or the government. That is another blog to write – with a Buddhist perspective.
Let us not go quietly into the night.
Christopher Titmuss is the author of:
The Political Buddha
The Explicit Buddha
The Buddha of Love
The Mindfulness Manual, based on the Buddha’s teachings.