tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39160316983714941552024-03-14T06:05:02.201+02:00IT IS WHAT IT IS<i><b>Buddhist under construction</b></i>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-66178090241536781072012-06-17T10:28:00.002+03:002012-08-09T17:24:16.026+03:00Kind Awareness Retreat 2012<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjxSwrJbIcjIMAyomy2xJvBtOq_I_FGLBT5a2c9WTkliUtxdlcbAXegAec0se7Qaj_B1Gvv8kdWPdgV5sdwJQK67Wc-KT-3BSKaXgwk2unLV5UiUU19YYr9Llxn38x1TkrkMMn5SFE-Y/s1600/teachers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjxSwrJbIcjIMAyomy2xJvBtOq_I_FGLBT5a2c9WTkliUtxdlcbAXegAec0se7Qaj_B1Gvv8kdWPdgV5sdwJQK67Wc-KT-3BSKaXgwk2unLV5UiUU19YYr9Llxn38x1TkrkMMn5SFE-Y/s320/teachers.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
Kind Awareness Retreat 2012 took place at the Naropa Institute in Cadzand, Netherlands (June 1st- June 8th). <br />
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Retreat had 31 participants from different countries and it was led by Frank Uyttebroeck from <a href="http://www.tegendestroomin.com/kar2012-after-en/?lang=en" target="_blank">Tegen de Stroom In</a> and Vinny Ferraro.<br />
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</div>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-24233278120676699002012-05-18T15:59:00.001+03:002012-05-19T14:02:48.544+03:00It is, what it is<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>Please note: I´m not a teacher. I´m just sharing my own views and thoughts about my meditation practice.<br /><br /></em>A
month ago, I was on a five day (mindfulness based) retreat and I thought I´d
like to share a few things that really resonated to me during and after the
retreat. <br />
No, I didn´t get enlightened, and no, there was nothing mystical or magical,
but there was a few small “insights”, at least to me, if you´d like to call
them that. <br />
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First thing that really resonated to me was a phrase that the teacher used in one
of her Dharma talks, and that was: “it is what it is.” I fell in love with the
phrase, and it made me realize that using too much energy or effort, I´m just
overdoing my practice. <br />
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What I´m trying to say (with my broken English) is that there isn´t much more
there, right? You don´t HAVE to have something. It is what it is. Don´t push it
too hard. <br />
Of course there´s got to be effort. But the question is how to use it. If there
isn´t much going on, it is what it is. You can always go back to the breath, or
touching points (knees touching the ground, hands <span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">on
your knees (or mudra), </span>or buttocks on the cushion).
It ´s a different story to sit with six senses in alert than try to find something
that is not there, but you wish it was. <span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Otherwise
you end up using all your energy in 10 minutes and you´ll lose focus. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
</span></span><span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Of
course there could be all kinds of sensations; like craving, hatred, or
whatever, just to name a few. You recognize it, accept it; that it is what is. Then
you investigate it and then you let it go, or let it be, ´cause sometimes it
doesn´t go away, it´s still there, but it still changes, so it´s not permanent.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
The other beautiful thing that I noticed was the fact how the mind gets quiet. It
took me a day and a half to ease my mind. Before that it was constant planning,
good songs, bad song from a 14 –year old kid about skating (and of course my
mind decided to play the chorus on a loop) which has gotten too much radio play
in my home country, what I should´ve done before the retreat, and so on. But
after that it was all about the practice and I LOVED that. <br />
<br />
When I got back from the retreat the greatest thing was the feeling. To stand
in the same spot at work as I did a week before, made me realize how stressed
out and uptight I was before the retreat, but this time I was all smile. <br />
Of course that didn´t last more than few days, but I loved the feeling. Such
warmth within, calm mind…I felt so good and I was happy. <br />
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Needless to say that I´m really looking forward to my next retreat experience which
starts <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in Holland June 1<sup>st</sup>. </span>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-22471895885319027522012-05-03T10:06:00.000+03:002012-05-03T10:06:53.975+03:00Daylong RetreatWelcome to Nirodha's silent meditation day on Saturday 5th of May from 10:00 to 18:00. Attending half of the day is possible by arriving or leaving at 13:45. The program consists of sitting and walking meditations and a dharma talk. The morning session ends with a lunch break, please bring your own meal.<br /><br />Everybody is warmly welcome to practice with us!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i><a href="http://www.nirodha.fi/english/" target="_blank">Nirodha</a> is a Theravada Buddhist organization based in Helsinki, Finland, and it´s
currently functioning in six different cities in Finland.</i>
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</span>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-72296629626468215562012-04-02T11:33:00.000+03:002012-04-02T11:33:52.570+03:00Retreats 2012<span lang="FI"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Finally I begin to realize that the first two meditation retreats that I wanted to participate this year are actually happening. It took quite a lot of work to get everything in order, flights, get some time off from work, carpools and stuff, but now everything is in order and the first one is only 4 days away.<br />
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This first retreat takes place in my home country Finland (April 5th –April 10th 2012). <br />
It´s five days Mindfulness based silent retreat and the teacher, Patricia Genoud-Feldman, is very well known teacher internationally. <br />
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Here is more about her:<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Patricia has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1984 (Vipassana and Dzogchen) first in Asia under the guidance of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Sayadaw Upandita and then in the West. She has completed her teacher training at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA under the guidance of Joseph Goldstein and other senior teachers. She has been teaching Vipassana meditation since 1997 in Europe, Israel and in the US.</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="FI"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Genoud-Feldman has also trained in Insight Dialogue and the Relational Dharma with Gregory Kramer and teaches it (since 2009). She has also trained in MBSR in Worcester, MA. She is a co-founder of the Vimalakirti Meditation Center in Switzerland. <br />
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The other one that I´m participating is called Kind Awareness Retreat, (June 1st – June 8th 2012) and it takes place in Cadzad, Netherlands.<br />
I´m really excited about the fact that Vinny Ferraro (w/Frank Uyettebroeck from Dutch Sangha; Tegen De Stroomin) is teaching. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think Vinny is really heartful guy, and I have followed and listened to his teachings for few years now, so you can imagine how it feels like when you get to sit with someone you think very highly off. <br />
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Here is more about Mr. Ferraro: <br />
1987 Vinny began speaking in drug rehabs and prisons. <br />
1993 he started leading groups and teaching meditation which he continues to this day. <br />
1998 he spent a year sitting bedside with the dying through the Zen Center Hospice Program in San Francisco, as well as experiencing A Year to Live Practice. He has taught meditation in San Quentin, and continues to teach incarcerated youth with the <a href="http://www.mbaproject.org/" target="_blank">MBA Project</a>. <br />
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Vinny Ferraro is a graduate of the ‘Spirit Rock Mediation Center’s Community Dharma Leader’s Program’, being trained by, amongst others, Jack Kornfield. As a meditation and Dharma teacher Vinny teaches all over the world, leading Vipassana retreats for youth and adults.<br />
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Vinny´s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tricycle-magazine<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>interview<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>can be found <a href="http://www.tegendestroomin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/The-heartful-dodger.pdf" target="_blank">here</a></span></span></div>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-74172827569333035572012-01-15T19:34:00.000+02:002012-01-15T19:34:51.739+02:005 Precepts in my daily life<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What I´d like to say first is that I´m no teacher and in no position to teach anybody. I´ve only practiced since 2008 and I´m just sharing my thoughts and my own reflections about Buddha´s teachings. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe somebody could find them useful, to somebody these maybe obvious. BUT, if even one single person finds this interesting and worth of investigating more deeply, that would make me really happy, <br />
´cause thru my own experience; I know how helpful these teachings can be in daily life. <br />
There is a huge difference what I´m today mentally compared to what I was, say 5-10 years ago. <br />
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What I love about Buddha´s teachings is that they are tasks, not commandments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 5 Precepts and The Four Noble Truths should be included to everyday life ´cause you can´t separate your daily life and meditation from each other. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I´ve notices that thru my sittings. <br />
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If I haven´t been very skillful for some reason, it has immediate reflection to my sitting and I find it difficult to sit. Very easily I find myself on sidetrack (lost in the story, judging myself, planning how I should´ve react, etc.) and it´s very hard to concentrate and be present. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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What I thought what would be the hardest task on the Precepts (<em>refraining from intoxicants and caring for my body and mind</em>) has been the easiest one to follow, to my surprise. I don´t use any alcohol, I´ve never used drugs, and I exercise moderately. Alcohol use to be a huge problem to me, and it caused a lot of conflicts, and when I finally discovered that, it was an easy decision to make me stop. And again, from my own experience; you can´t force anybody to quit, they have to realize it themselves, and when they do, that´s the first and continuing step towards recovery. <br />
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Another easy one for me has been “<em>refraining from taking that which is not given</em>.” I would never steal or take what is not mine, and I never have. If you want something, you have to work for it to get it, in the mean time, practice contentment, don´t take what is not given or is not yours. <br />
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“<em>I undertake the mindfulness training of refraining from harming living creatures</em>.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This used to be really hard practice to me when I used to work as a bouncer to earn some extra cash. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First of all, I was always working, either as a carpenter or a bouncer, so it was pretty hard to be mindful ´cause I was tired all the time. And secondly, to see the suffering, what alcohol does to people, and I always thought that I was involved in it ´cause I was the one who let them in to the restaurant! <br />
But it was a good practice too. I never had any physical conflicts; I always could talk some sense into them, so I´d like to think that I was practicing compassionate action as well. Needless to say I quit after six months. <br />
Of course this practice involves all living beings that should never be harmed, but to meet with loving-kindness, compassion and understanding.<br />
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“<em>Refraining from harmful sexual activity and practicing responsibility in all my relationships</em>.” <br />
As much as I, everybody else too, should be mindful of our sexual energy. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now, the hardest part: “<em>refraining from harmful speech and practicing helpful speech</em>.” In a working environment that is very ego based, I find it really hard to escape harmful speech. Usually it is headed to bosses, and I try to stay away from it, but sometimes you just can´t avoid it. So my practice right now is just to listen and not to participate. Of course harmful speech (lying, gossiping) can be done also by e-mail, phone, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so we really should be mindful what we say. <br />
And then again, hopefully I´ve now practiced helpful speech in this post, or at least I´d like to think that somebody thinks so. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-23045847847029031702012-01-06T14:47:00.000+02:002012-01-06T14:47:08.856+02:00Daylong Retreat<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to Nirodha's silent daylong retreat on Saturday 7th of January from 10 AM to 6 PM Attending half of the day is possible by arriving or leaving at 1:45PM. The program consists of sitting and walking meditations and a Dharma talk.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information </span><a href="http://www.nirodha.fi/english" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">click here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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Katuosoite / Street address:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nirodha ry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vetehisenkuja 3<br />
Helsinki 00530</span>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comVetehisenkuja 3, 00530 Helsinki, Suomi60.180960799999987 24.95524950000003637.403181299999986 -34.810375499999964 82.958740299999988 84.720874500000036tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-1125929737025759262012-01-05T15:47:00.001+02:002012-08-09T17:07:42.324+03:00Tham Khao Luang- place to visit<span lang="FI" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="hps"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="hps"><span lang="FI" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Because the cave</span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span class="hps">is open</span> <span class="hps">from above,</span> <span class="hps">sunlight</span> <span class="hps">creates</span> beautiful <span class="hps">reflections</span> on the <span class="hps">statues</span> <span class="hps">inside</span> <span class="hps">the cave</span>. <span class="hps">The most spectacular</span> one <span class="hps">is the reclining Buddha</span> and <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">has a length of</span> <span class="hps">14 meters (approx. 46 feet)</span>. <span class="hps">A variety</span> <span class="hps">of statues were built according to King</span> <span class="hps">Rama</span> <span class="hps">4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and</span> <span class="hps">5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>´s</span> <span class="hps">wishes.<br />
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When a great Thai poet, Sunthornpoo, traveled to Phetchaburi in 1845, he depicted the beauty of the cave later in his sonnet “Nirat Muangphetch”. <br />
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</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="FI" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Phetchaburi is located about 75 miles southwest from Bangkok. </span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-37496381145927175342012-01-03T14:07:00.000+02:002012-01-03T14:07:43.419+02:00Beauty of the Internet<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Internet is a wonderful invention. I remember when I started martial arts as a young teenager, at that time, there was nothing to get more info from. Sure, there was “Black Belt” magazine, but you couldn´t find it anywhere on this part of the globe. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You could´ve order it by mail, and after a week or two of begging permission from his parents, my friend did. And fingers crossed we sat every night, talked about it and waited, ´cause you couldn´t tell if the order application has arrived there or not, until the first number came! Whoa! We barely could read any English at the time, but we were blown away by the pictures and martial art celebrities that we saw in the mag. And of course, later on, dictionary came pretty handy and that´s how we started to learn more English. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br />
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Nowadays it is different. If some rock band (or whatever your musical genre is) releases an album, it takes only few minutes and you have it on your iPhone or computer, etc. Same thing with Dharma talks, books and retreat info, etc. If you find an interesting book, you order it thru Amazon or whatever and it´s delivered to your door in just few days. Or if you want to participate or find more info about a retreat that´s in another country; you can easily find info from different sites. There are so many different sites about Buddhism and different genres that I´m sure everybody will find what they are looking for. <br />
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When I recently joined Twitter I found these amazing and kind people that all have common goal. And that is to practice meditation and Buddhism. Internet enables you to share your experiences about Buddhism or meditation with someone who is located another side of the world. <br />
Especially I´m blown away by this Twitter online meditation group (OMCru), that was founded by @TheZenOutlaw. I find it amazing that you can share your practice with someone who is thousands miles away from you. <br />
To me, that´s the beauty of Internet.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-11498195875219844312012-01-03T14:02:00.001+02:002012-01-03T15:16:45.334+02:00New Year´s Resolution<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My New Year´s resolution is to continue to practice the 5 Precepts:<br />
(<em>Refraining from harming living creatures and practicing compassionate action; <br />
Refraining from taking that which is not given and practicing contentment;<br />
Refraining from harmful sexual activity and practicing responsibility in all my relationships;<br />
Refraining from harmful speech and practicing helpful speech;<br />
Refraining from intoxicants and caring for my body & mind; ).</em><br />
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Meditate daily and participate monthly to a silent daylong retreat with <a href="http://www.nirodha.fi/" target="_blank">Sangha</a> and to participate 2 (from 5 to 10 days) retreats. <o:p></o:p></span></span>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-86277609970540436322012-01-01T21:20:00.003+02:002012-01-01T21:26:14.621+02:00How I got started<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the early summer of 2008 I was looking for something to read from the local library, I didn´t know what, but I´ve been reading memoirs and biographies for the last 10 years so I headed straight there. When I was going over the bookshelves on that section, I saw this one book that said “DHARMA PUNX” in big letters. <br />
I got caught by the title so I instantly picked the book up, read it´s back cover and I thought I´d give it a chance. <br />
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After I got inspired by the book I started to study more about Buddhism. I found out things that really clicked to me. Like karma: finally somebody said how it is, that your actions have consequences. I´ve always felt that you can´t do whatever you want and get away with it with just a few prayers and that “bless me father” thing. And the fact that the Buddha was a person, just like you and me, who didn´t believe in worshiping anybody or anything and he personally asked you to question his teachings and try them out yourself. I found that awesome!<br />
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There is still so many mindblowing things and questions in Buddhism that I don´t have an answer, but at this very moment I don´t care. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I know is that practice has made me more compassionate, kind and loving towards others, and sometimes even to me, and I´m eager to learn more. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyday… <br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span>Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916031698371494155.post-78616728697716628842011-12-31T17:00:00.000+02:002011-12-31T17:00:03.031+02:00New BlogHI,<br />
I wanted to create a site for everybody who wants to share thoughts, facts and practices of Buddhism with me. Please feel free to comment, share your point of views, or just enjoy reading posts that´s been published here.<br />
Forgive me if my english isn´t perfect, but as much as I practice Buddha´s teachings, I try to practice the language of millions.<br />
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Today I started my day with beautiful Dharma talk about forgiveness (by Vinny Ferraro) and meditated for 40 minutes after that. I love doing heart practices (Brahma Viharas), they really work for me and in that talk there was a line that really resonated me and I want to share it with you, and I end it here: "You got to feel it to heal it"<br />
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Have a great day you all!Tony Heinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16335343484577863931noreply@blogger.com