April 20th

What Are You Doing April 20th?

It's a friday. You must be free. If not, get free.



Come

by allied ALL DAY, where I'll be writing original poetry and prose,

realtime, in memory of my father, who died of pancreatic cancer in his

30s.



Your job? HELP ME RAISE $500 for PANCAN!



Sponsor me in The First Annual BLOG POETRY FEST for PANCAN here on allied.



All funds go to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PANCAN), an advocacy group for patients and families dealing with pancreatic cancer. The event is set up through FirstGiving in conjunction with PanCan to raise awareness and funds for continued research, education, and advocacy.



More information will be coming soon, but in the mean time, inspire me and save the date.

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Aggregates

Buddhist doctrine describes one physical and four mental aggregates: ^[1][2]

1. "form" or "matter" (sa., pi. rūpa):
   
   
   
   includes both external and internal matter. Externally, rupa is the physical world. Internally, rupa includes the material body and the physical sense organs.^[3] Alternately, it is described as the tangible manifestation of ignorance, the basis for the creation of a dualistic relationship between "self" and "other."^[4]
2. "sensation" or "feeling" (sa., pi. vedanā):
   
   
   
   sensing pleasant, unpleasant or neutral (neither-pleasant-nor-unpleasant).^[5] Generally considered not to include "emotions."^[6]
3. "perception" or "cognition" (sa. samjñā, pi. saññā):
   
   
   
   registers whether sense data is recognized or not (for instance, the sound of a bell or the shape of a tree). From samyutta-ñana, conditioned knowledge. It is ordinarily conditioned by ones past sankhara, and therefore conveys a coloured image of reality. ^[7]
4. "mental formations" or "volition" (sa. samskāra, pi. sankhāra) />
   
   all types of mental habits, thoughts, ideas, opinions, compulsions, and decisions.^[8] Sankhāra arise from contact with form or from other mental factors. Sankhāra are the source of karma.
5. "consciousness" (sa. vijñāna, pi. viññāṇa^[9]):
   
   
   
   the base that supports all experience.^[10] Alternately, it is envisioned as series of rapidly changing interconnected discrete acts of cognizance.^[11]

Overt Deception

World Peace through Inner Peace: Gathering of the Yogis 2007

Gone for Now

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Mind And Emptiness

Mind And Emptiness

Analysis of texts from SHENPEN ÖSEL



Som really great teachings here. Comments from Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche, and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche

The nature of mind itself is what we term "emptiness" in Buddhism. Mind itself has no color, form, shape, or size. Mind has no limiting characteristics that one can ascribe to it. So, in speaking about the mind, one is speaking about that which is intangible. Mind is completely empty or devoid of these kinds of limiting characteristics. We might use the example of open space, such as the space in this room, when talking about the nature of the mind. Because mind is as intangible as the space in this room, you cannot describe it. The space in this room has no color, shape, nor size. There is simply space in the room.

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