2010 July 24 « Rev. Danny Fisher

A Gift of Dharma for 7.24.10

Today’s dharma quote is yet another from the Vidyādhara, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1939-1987), whom I first quoted and wrote a little bio for here. This is it:

The practice of meditation is taking your seat in the warrior’s world. Then, throughout your life, meditative awareness shows you how to regain your balance when you lose it, and how to use the messages from the phenomenal world to further your discipline. The practice of meditation also allows you to be completely grounded in reality. Then, if someone asks, “How do I know that you are not overreacting to situations?” you simply reply, “My posture in the saddle, my seat on the earth, speaks for itself.”

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I Finally Got Around to Seeing this Movie Recently…

An image from Nati Baratz's documentary "Unmistaken Child."

…and I really, really liked it. Sure, it’s right in my wheelhouse, but I’m also a film snob who doesn’t necessarily hold every film about Buddhism in high regard. Unmistaken Child is a remarkable documentary about the search for one reincarnate Tibetan Buddhist lama in particular that ends up being a fascinating, balanced, ultimate memorable look of the whole tulku system. Filled with striking moments, it places an all-too-rare trust in its audience to look at a complicated situation and sort it out for themselves. Bravo, director Nati Baratz!

Go rent it, everybody–you won’t regret it.

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July 24, 2010

Present: The Voices and Activities of Theravada Buddhist Women

Though I like to consider myself “up” on the various Buddhist publications and journals (see the Links section of this blog), I was alerted to the presence of a new one today courtesy of my Facebook friend Ana Li: Present: The Voices and Activities of Theravada Buddhist Women, an effort of the Alliance for Bhikkhunis. If you haven’t already, make sure you investigate this one. I look forward to combing through its archives and seeing future issues.