January 24, 2007
Video Meditation/Inner Light Therapy
On Guided Meditation
Metta-Karuna Cultivation
Brahma Vihara
Here is a nice popular version of the Maha Karuna Dharani {Short Sanskrit Version}:
http://file.buda.idv.tw/music/DBZ11.mp3
The melody is familiar, but I can not place it. I think the artists are from Hong
Kong. They adapted the short sanskrit version.
The Mantra of Great Compassion is an invocation of the Ava-loki-tesvara -- the Arya or Archetypal Bodhisattva of Great Compassion. Practicing it as Zange opens the Great Compassion in our own hearts. There are many versions of this mantra. The words are mostly various names of Avalokitesvara.
Avalokitesvara appears in Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra.
I find that the following can be useful to cultivate kindness, compassion, shared joy, and equanimity.
"The root meaning of karuna is said to be the anguished cry of deep sorrow and understanding that can only come from an unblemished sense of oneness with others." -- from Kuan Yin, The Compassionate Rebel
This one is for Charles and his late pet Heidi:
See: My Brown Dog at Charles Atkins' Phantom City
My Sylvia is 10 now. {Now 11} Charles met her when she was less than a year old.
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Originally Posted by rbeck at December 9, 2005 12:58 AM
Posted by rbeck at January 26, 2007 12:58 AM
We had a power outage last night {Jan 22}. After it was restored, I rebooted the 'puter. The ethernet cable from my router was loose. I had to stand to reach across the desk. I noticed an odd odor, like burning nylon. Suddenly flames were shooting from my midsection.
I had forgetten to snuff a small candle and it had ignited my 30 year old highly flammable nylon smoking jacket. Before my wife knew what happened, I'd removed three layers of shirts, manually snuffed the fire, and was standing in front of the kitchen sink, running cold water on my flaming hands. I then filled a bowl with ice water to soak my hands. Less than half a minute had passed,
The smoking jacket and my cotton turtle neck had gaping holes. My t-shirt was scorched. Some hot, melting nylon caused severe 2nd degree burns to a thumb, a pinky, and an index finger. Also, some 1st degree and lesser 2nd degree burns on my other fingers. Otherwise, I was fine. No burns on my abdomemn, chest or palms -- I even got the cable reconnected.
I had the mindfulness to remain calm amd move quickly in a dangerous emergency, but did not have the good sense to snuff a candle as soon as the lights came on. Must be the old NSA TCD-Soka training.
Gassho
robin
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I shall be adding more here after my hands heal. We had a black out here and I was attacked by a malevolent candle. This was a blessing. It could have neen serious. My light jacket & pullover were total losses. I had some nasty burns on my hands -- these are almost healed.
BTW, we had 4" of snow recently {most of it fell on my car}. It has brightened things up here a bit. Another 6" yesterday {Feb 05}
Posted by rbeck at January 24, 2007 01:06 PM