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by ToddR
Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:42 am
Forum: Help Required
Topic: dealing with anger and guilt
Replies: 13
Views: 4514

Re: dealing with anger and guilt

Why not bring anger onto the path? If you feel you are getting angry, unleash that anger fully on your own delusions. Speak, out loud, to your own ego and rebuff it with it's own anger, especially if it's in the context of an argument. This way, you transform the unskillful anger into skillful wrath...
by ToddR
Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:39 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Daily Practice Commitments
Replies: 14
Views: 3589

Re: Daily Practice Commitments

I think a good point is the idea of the "four exhilarations". These are eating, sleeping, meditation, and taking care of the body. Like, no matter what, I eat everyday. This is a true statement for nearly all people :) People may not take care of their body everyday, but everyone's got to ...
by ToddR
Tue Jan 22, 2013 6:39 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: quitting smoking - looking for inspiration
Replies: 7
Views: 2364

Re: quitting smoking - looking for inspiration

Congrats on the quitting, it's something you won't regret. Some of the main things I used that got me through the first weeks of quitting were to identify when a craving was coming and realizing that it would pass. Breathing through the craving really helps give space to the impulse to smoke. The se...
by ToddR
Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:00 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Collection of stories about ordinary practitioners
Replies: 5
Views: 2070

Re: Collection of stories about ordinary practitioners

I actually stumbled upon this book a few days ago and it has really inspired me. http://www.buddhanet.net/cmdsg/go1-1.htm#Chapter%20One It's an account of a regular guy who becomes a Theravadin monk, basically on a whim. His experiences and challenges are so mundane (and he is so candid) that I real...
by ToddR
Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:53 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Offering The First Portion Of Every Meal
Replies: 2
Views: 1125

Offering The First Portion Of Every Meal

Hello, been a lurker here for a while but this is my first posting. I've been wondering how others perform the offerings of the first portion of every meal to the three jewels. Is there a specific procedure that most follow? Also, when eating out, would you bring back the first portion and place it ...

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