Am I a Buddhist? I don’t like boxes as much as the next guy but I certainly go for refuge to the 3 jewels 💎 💎 💎 (Buddha, dharma, and sangha)! That is to say that I think one can improve oneself to an asymptotic slope to at least look pretty awesome to the rest of us. Because of that I respect that improvement and am humbled by the beauty held in those super compassionate beings (Buddha’s). As matter is neither created nor destroyed There also is a path that those beings took to get there! This (dharma) I also hold in very high regard and aim to “clear the wax from my ears” (as my pop used to say) and listen close like a deer! Finally I am fed by our community (sangha) here. In the special course I Attended in 2014 all the cliques stopped. We practiced daily, sat, and breathed together as a super organism. In the rise and fall of our breath together there was beauty, awe, and all the BS faded. “To think that you are separate from me is ignorance” (m. Shantideva). For now It is back to the 10 months of quiet solitary practice. To each of my mothers in this sangha I dedicate my practice to you. Thank you and may we share in this practice in shangra-hla (at the feet of our teachers) again soon! #refuge #sangha #3jewels #mysore #community #onemore #finish? #whachudid #ashtanga #buddha #dharma
#refuge #sangha #3jewels #mysore #community #onemore #finish #whachudid #ashtanga #buddha #dharma
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