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The Open Buddhist University

📰 Hearing and Knowing in the 'Verse of Dharma' *Jātaka* Stories (A ✨NEW✨, free, 34-page article)

Tags: #Motivation #RebirthStories #Mahayana #Bodhisattva
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The Open Buddhist University · Self-Sacrifice for a Tiny Teaching: Hearing and Knowing in the ‘Verse of Dharma’ Jātaka StoriesThis paper offers a comparative study of a cluster of stories in which the Buddha-to-be makes a sacrifice – of flesh, family members or wealth – in exchange for a single verse of teaching. […] The paper argues that these tales reveal new perspectives on the oft-studied relationship between Buddha and Dharma, and between the Buddha’s physical body and his body of teachings
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Daily dose of #dharma from one of my favorite teachers ever, Robina Courtin, a Gelug nun.

I started doing this yesterday, adding it to my morning chanting/yoga practice. I found it very powerful. It isn't easy for me to speak kindly to myself; I teared up the first time I tried. But the effect it had on my mind was profound, and this morning I found it easier to start.

As a #PureLand Buddhist, I rely on the compassion of #Amitabha / #Amida #Buddha. That concept is a whole other subject in itself, which will seem foreign if your understanding of #Buddhism is primarily from #Theravada sources versus #Mahayana. The basic idea is that I ask Amitabha for help with my practice, instead of it being something I cultivate within myself, off my own back.

Today I told myself that, among other things, if a Buddha can see good qualities in me and decides that I am deserving of his compassion, then it must be true that I am indeed worthy of kindness and respect. Who am I to assume that my perspective as an addled, ordinary being, is more accurate than that of an enlightened Buddha?

I had never framed this thought as such before. Thinking it through today felt like I had unlocked a deeper truth.

Namu Amida Butsu. :blobcatheart: ☸️ 🌻

YouTubeSOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT 299: Delight in our good qualities – Robina CourtinBy Robina Courtin
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