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January 16, 2020 by Andrea Grzesina 4
Jan 2020

January 16 – Crossing the flood

Dear Friends, Continuing with Kamala’s talk, “The Five Spiritual Faculties’ relationship to Equanimity,” and in particular her comments on the faculty of effort and energy. This effort and energy is balanced. Kamala shares an analogy from Sayadaw U Tejaniya: This is not like a 100-yard dash, it’s more like a marathon. Kamala describes the qualities as patient and persevering – a continuity of effort. Kamala shares a discourse that helped her with this continuity. It’s called Crossing the Flood. Kamala clarifies that “the flood” references this seemingly never-ending cycle of wanting this, not wanting that, not even seeing what we want or what we’re averse to. In this story, a luminous being from a spirit realm visits the Buddha and asks, “How, dear sir, did you cross the flood?” The Buddha replies, “By not halting, friend, and by not straining I crossed the flood.” Bhikkhu Bodhi’s commentary suggests that the…

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January 9, 2019 by Andrea Grzesina 2
Jan 2019

January 9 – Turning friendship into a verb

Dear Friends, Ānanda was a long-time attendant of the Buddha, and he’s one of my favorite characters from the suttas. He often asks the questions that we’d want to ask, or says the things that we’d say, and the Buddha gives a teaching to him – and by extension, to us. At one point, Ānanda says to the Buddha, “This is half of the holy life, that is good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship.” The Buddha responds, “No so, Ānanda! This is the entire holy life, Ānanda, that is good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship.” (SN 45:2, tr. Bhikkhu Bodhi) The Buddha goes on to explain that by having good friends, we will cultivate the qualities that lead towards freedom and ease of wellbeing. Josh Korda, the guiding teacher of Dharma Punx NYC, expands on this by adding in some of the evolutionary and biological support too. He writes: Like…

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