#Right Action

[lowcountry-gothic]

‘It is always tempting to stand back and assume matters will sort themselves out,’ Yangchen said. ‘But I tell you now, there is no one left to wait for. It is we who must act.’

F.C. Yee, Avatar: The Legacy of Yangchen

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Drugu Choegyal (via Joanna Macy): There comes a time when all life on Earth is in danger. Great barbarian powers have arisen. Although these powers spend their wealth in preparations to annihilate one another, they have much in common: weapons of unfathomable destructive power, and technologies that lay waste our world. In this era, when the future of sentient life hangs by the frailest of threads, the Shambhala warriors appear. The warriors have no home. They move on the terrain of the barbarian powers. Great courage is required, both moral and physical, for they must go into the heart of the barbarian powers to dismantle their weapons, into the places where the weapons are created, into the corridors of power where decisions are made. The Shambhala warriors are armed only with the weapons of compassion and insight. Both are necessary. Compassion gives them the energy to move forward, not to be afraid of the pain of the world. Fueled by compassion, warriors engage with the world, step forward and act. But by itself compassion burns with too much passion and exhausts us, so the second weapon is needed -- insight into the interdependence of all phenomena. With that wisdom we see that the battle is not between "good guys" and "bad guys," because the line between good and evil runs through every human heart. And with insight into our profound interrelatedness, we discern right action, knowing that actions undertaken with pure intent have repercussions throughout the web of life, beyond what can be measure or discerned. Together these two weapons sustain the warriors: the recognition and experience of our pain for the world and the recognition and experience of our radical interconnectedness with all life.

[Thanks Ian Sanders]

[elegantzombielite]

"Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right."

Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (2nd January 1920-1992)

[loveandthepsyche]

✨ Conscious choice ✨

[blackcrowing]

For anyone curious, I do have a few subjects I want to touch on soon, I'm not sure when exactly I'll be getting to them, but the ones bouncing around in my head at the moment are 'offerings/sacrifices do we eat them? why or why not' and 'right relationship, what is it and what does that look like for modern practioners?'

If you have any big burning questions out there shoot me an ask and I'll see what I can pull out of the ADHD cobweb that is my brain

[holyspirittrinity]

Always be true to your Self. Be harmless in words and actions.

[soiledlight]

“It is love alone that leads to right action.” —Krishnamurti

[hkunlimited]

Buddhism 202: To Suffer is to be Human

The damages you suffer are but the beauty marks on your personality. And that’s good, because we’re not talking about some immutable permanent transcendent self that sees itself as the center of the world in some horrific act of ego incarnate. That’s the evil refrain from gurus-for-hire who know that the killer sales pitch is usually that one that puts ‘you, you, you’ in the central spotlight,…

[artkaninchenbau]

A h-heartfelt reunion..?

Bonus

[lowcountry-gothic]

Transformation occurs when the Nine allows their actions to stem from their own clear point of view. Here, right action refers not to being super efficient and productive, but to the integrity that comes from acting in one’s own best interest.

Susan Piver, The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Image: Canonization Scroll of Li Zhong, Unidentified artist

17th century, illustrating the investiture of a local god into the Daoist pantheon (Metmuseum)

[Red Pine (translator) :: Bill Porter (author)]

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“Confucius called on Lao Tan and spoke to him about benevolence and righteousness.

Lao Tan said, “Chaff from the winnowing fan can so blind the eye that heaven, earth and the four directions all seem to shift place. A mosquito or a horse-fly stinging your skin can keep you awake a whole night. And when benevolence and righteousness in all their fearfulness come to muddle the mind, the confusion is unimaginable.

If you want to keep the world from losing its simplicity, you must move with the freedom of the wind, stand in the perfection of Virtue.

Why all this huffing and puffing, as though you were carrying a big drum and searching for a lost child.”

- The Complete Works Of Chiang Tzu

[alive on all channels]

[raffaellopalandri]

When Not to Act is the Right Action

Daily writing promptWrite about a time when you didn’t take action but wish you had. What would you do differently?View all responses You all know me – I’m a firm believer in taking action. Inaction breeds stagnation, and the cost of inaction can be far steeper than the risk of taking a leap. But here’s the thing: sometimes, not acting is actually acting. It’s about choosing the most strategic…

[kropotkindersurprise]

May 10, 2024 - Hundreds of radical environmentalists and anticapitalists have broken through police lines and fences and stormed the terrain of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. They are attempting to stop the planned expansion of the factory, which would mean the destruction of surrounding forest and farmland. The factory also uses immense amounts of water, and all to sell shitty electric cars to give people the idea that personal consumption choices can save the environment from destruction, and make fascist Elon Musk even richer than he already is. The actions in the past days have forced Tesla to temporarily shut down production at the factory. [video]

[joetsantos]

remember

it is to the benefit of your inner peace not to harm others

-yung pueblo

[blackcrowing]

Ok, I doubt I'll explain this well, but please bear with me. So there is a pretty across the board concept in Indo-European derivative cultures that basically boils down to "right/right action/in line with the gods or truth," and it was culturally expected of everyone inside those societies to follow this concept (creating the religious, cultural moral code of conduct).

Does Christianity have this? like they have the 10 commandments.... but thats... not really the same thing? Like Islam has this concept, I apologize that I don't know the name for it, but I remember that animals are considered to inherently follow it and humans who are like... properly religious are considered to follow it. I'm not sure if Judaism has an equivalent.

[chloesimaginationthings]

I can’t wait to see mangle in the FNAF 2 movie,,