Sunday

That Buddhism sinks right in and prohibits evil is quite a challenging and good feature of Buddhism. I was reading about the business dilemma of selling something harmful to the world, when others sell it. My ex also works for landscaping company that doesn't sell Roundup. I think it's great that it's even a dilemma, I sometimes think this world loves capitalism and money more than it loves the people and itself. 

I feel like the Buddhist path is you climb a mountain. It turns out that was a little hill and there's a huge mountain in front of you. You climb that mountain and it was just a foothill, there's a huge mountain behind that one. You climb that one, and it turns out you've just climbed a little bump on the earth and there's a huge mountain behind that one. You get the pattern. 

The rituals before I meditate. I salute the shrine and chant:

namo buddhaya

namo dharmaya

namo sanghaya, 

namu nama, 

om, ah, hum

Then I light incense. I blow my nose. I check the temperature, record that and the time.

Then I press start.

Opening the eyes. I'd say generally close them, unless you're drowsy and want to wake up a little bit.

There's this moment when the sun is coming up and it's between the earth and the layer of clouds and it shoots violet into the clouds, a sublime and transcendent moment. I like to catch the beauty of a sunrise even though it's a sense pleasure. Looking out a window when I meditate I can sometimes catch it. 

Sometimes I look up meditating and I see the moon. What a wonderous thing the moon is, have you thought about it? I think it's auspicious to see the moon. 

I also open my eyes for inspiration, looking at the rupa of the Buddha, looking at the Triratna refuge tree.

Trying to limit my coffee intake. I feel coffee in my system.