Buddha-Basics (Part I) — Scooby Dooby Dukkha

[Jundo]

Does that mean though, that if we CAN fix a problem, we SHOULDN’T? If it’s raining & you have no umbrella, but there is a shelter close by, do you accept the rain & not move, or do you go to the shelter? Does accepting mean that we can’t fix it it if there’s a way within our reach?

No, no. Of course, we try to fix what we can, do our best to stay dry and healthy.

As well, part of us will always detest getting caught in the freezing rain, sick with pneumonia as a result!

But there is also a part of us who can accept what is, fixed or not, and can leap right past "rain or sun" "healthy and sick."

So, leap past all ideas of what should be, even as you try to make better what you can. All at once.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Josh7]

I loved the message of this video! What a great message regarding suffering. I like this idea of “…..yield to it…be free with it…come to terms with it..”! It’s our attachment to things that cause all the problems

Thank you Jundo

Gassho
Jeff
Sat today

[Fâtih]

alan watts says in one of his books that his ex-nazi monk friend told him about somepeople who contemplated bombs dropping over them during the war experienced an enlightenment-like mind states because they accepted that bombs should have dropped as they are..

thank you Jundo

gassho
fâtih
sati

[Seiko]

Suffering seems to be so integral to life as to be inseparable. Only this morning, my 7 year old Granddaughter cried because she bumped her head.

Those who to live, die.
Those who love, grieve.

Accepting the suffering is sometimes easier than other times.

To remain calm and make the right decisions, to always help others and never cause harm, to alleviate the suffering of others - if I could always do this I would be a saint (my wife can tell you that I am not a saint).
We do what we can.

Gasshō
Seiko
stlah

[Luke108]

Thank you Jundo.

Sat today

Luke