Vipassana newsletter. july'91 - Sayagyi U Ba Khin

1. I have given you ANICCA as the Dhamma for refuge. For so long as you are with ANICCA, you are with me.

ANICCA when properly developed will solve almost all your problems.

It might not even be necessary for you to ask questions for answers.

As the appreciation of ANICCA grows, so will the veil of ignorance fade away.

When the way becomes clear for the Right Understanding, doubts and fears will disappear automatically.

You will then see things in the true perspective.

How I Fixed My Suicidal Thoughts, Panic Attacks And Depression With Meditation

By Jake Carney

When I was four years old, I experienced the most frightening, heart-pounding nightmares. These weren’t your typical nightmares of being chased by a gorilla or bear. These were deep, frightening nightmares that would shake me to my core. I would wake up sweating, out of breath, in absolute fear.

These nightmares, which are still hard to put into words today, were about things like contemplating infinity, trying to count the total number of grains of sand on the beach, infinite blackness and infinite depth. And when I would wake up, the thought of dying was always on my mind. Pretty heavy for a little four-year-old dude.

Never allow your knowledge to stand in the way of truth

Myanmar census data undercuts Buddhist hardliner claims

Channel News Asia, 21 Jul 2016

NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar -- Muslims make up just over two per cent of Myanmar's population, government census figures showed on Thursday (Jul 21), undercutting claims by Buddhist hardliners that Islam poses a threat to the dominance of their faith.

<< A Buddhist monk (L) walks by Myanmar Muslims (R) greeting one another outside the Narsapuri mosque to mark Eid al-Fitr in Yangon on Jul 7, 2016 as the country's Muslims celebrate the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad)

Full details from the 2014 count, the first of its kind in decades, was withheld for almost a year to avoid stirring tensions in the Buddhist-majority nation ahead of elections that propelled Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party to power.

Letting go is your refuge

The Buddha told us to see the way things are and let go of our clinging to them. Take this feeling of letting go as your refuge -- Ajahn Chah

From nature lover to Buddhist priest · Shelley Fisher

By Tim Hauserman, Tahoe Weekly, July 27, 2016

Lake Tahoe, Nevada (USA) -- The Rev. Shelley Fisher of the Reno Buddhist Center became the first female Buddhist priest in Nevada when she was ordained in Japan in March 2015.

<< The Revs. Shelley Fisher

She was joined in the traditional Tokudo Shin Buddhist ceremony by her husband the Rev. Matthew Fisher. It was the culmination of her spiritual journey that began when she moved to Olympic Valley at the age 11.

When her parents moved to the mountains to run a tennis camp, she would spend her free time wandering Shirley Canyon or playing in the Olympic Valley meadow.

Buddhist temples attacked in Sumatra

The Bangkok Post, Jul 30, 2016

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian authorities detained seven people in northern Sumatra island on Saturday on suspicion of attacking several Buddhist temples the previous night, officials said

A spokeswoman for North Sumatra provincial police said the seven had led a mob that damaged at least three temples and other property in the town of Tanjung Balai, near Indonesia's fourth-biggest city, Medan. No one was injured.

Indonesia is a Muslim-majority nation but has a sizable ethnic Chinese minority, many of whom are Buddhist. The country has a history of anti-Chinese violence, most recently in the late 1990s amid the political and economic crisis that brought down Suharto.