#teachings — Public Fediverse posts

"For those seeking an entry into the most brilliant of #Jewish #legal minds, a recently launched series serves as an immensely rewarding resource. The first volume of #Koren -Publisher’s #Steinsaltz Edition of #Maimonides’ code of #Jewishlaw, the #Mishne #Torah, has been published in English. It seeks to make the legendary #medieval thinker’s #teachings accessible to a wide audience, utilizing the commentary of the late #Rabbi #AdinSteinsaltz, who passed away in 2020.

In addition to the clear English #translation of the source material, this unique edition contains sections covering additional legal perspectives that supplement those of the #MishneTorah itself. Also included are some of the late #Lubavitcher #Rebbe’s writings on Maimonides’ legal rulings.

Most helpful are the conceptual #essays in the back of the #book, which touch upon how Maimonides’ thought has been adapted, and argued with, over the ages."

https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/390555/framing-the-faith-of-maimonides/

#ignorant #awareness #toknow #ashamed #life #teachings #psychology

We have talked MANY times on how #impediments become increasingly subtle in the Middle Way.

#Divesting ourselves, monastic, lay or independent #heretic, of power to live the many lives in a day... is done in may different #internal processes

Is this dependent on unsettling clinging to [insert Klingons of choice]? I think so...

In other words, monastics/#sangha give up as much as possible. If good enough, guided well, by their brothers, sisters, #teachings of #nature we may:

1. Leave the will to have power or influence and effect on others ​:ablobcatpopcorn:​
2. Be the #server of others wheels to #empowerment 😇
3. Effective through #presence ​:gi:​

We might be #Nothing but everything of #Real Value 🦋

- A #refuge, a resource, #exemplars of refined quality 🎉
- #Buddhas, Boddhisatvahs, #Arhats and general purpose paccekabuddha.
- Samma sambuddha

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_in_Buddhism