Bhavana: The Buddha and Mr. Rogers

Glow · July 2012

One of the Buddha's models for the liberation of the heart was that of a farmer sowing seeds and cultivating crops. The closest word in Pali to "meditation" is actually bhavana, which literally means cultivation. Like the farmer who cultivates what is nourishing and weeds out what leeches the earth's nutrients from his crops, we too much nourish those qualities of heart (awareness, loving-kindness, compassion, equanimity, etc.) that nourish us and uproot that which causes us suffering (hatred, greed, ignorance). In this spirit, I offer you this teaching by the great American guru, Mr. Rogers. :D (Apologies if you've already seen it. It's gone viral.)

Cloud · July 2012

I have this, saw it a while back... wicked awesome how they did this.

Glow · July 2012

Yeah, I was impressed. It's hauntingly mesmerizing. Glad to see PBS entering the Facebook era with aplomb.

person · July 2012

Glow · July 2012

^ I have definitely gone through periods where I planted the seeds of fear and resentment. The longer you feed them, the harder they are to weed out.

lamaramadingdong · July 2012

"Most of us study Buddhism as though it were something that was already given to us. We think that what we should do is preserve the Buddha's teaching, like putting food in the refrigerator. Then to study Buddhism we take the food out of the refrigerator. Whenever you want it, it is already there. Instead, Zen students should be interested in how to produce food from the field, from the garden. We put emphasis on the ground."
Shunryu Suzuki in Not Always So

genkaku · July 2012

the great American guru, Mr. Rogers

Taste is taste and you can learn everything from anything, but Mr. Rogers always left me going eeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuwwww!

Vastmind · July 2012

@Glow...Gratitude for this post. :clap:

Theswingisyellow · July 2012

:thumbsup:

TheBeejAbides · July 2012

i was totally enthralled by this man when i was a wee one- he's just so darn pleasant! Also quick note: the model town used in the show was a rough model of the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, PA - where i lived for a couple of years when I went to U of Pitt... looks dirtier in real life! ha!

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