Selfing and Othering
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Just like many of you, I’m sure, I’ve been following the football with keen
interest. I’ve been enjoying the unusual experience of following an England
t...
49 Days by Agnes Lee – A Graphic Novel
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During this season of the temporal thresholds marked by Halloween and All
Saints Day, I’m turning to a graphic novel that loosely follows the
Buddhist jour...
Getting Your Holiday break Buying Performed Early
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Holding out until the late to do a person's Xmas purchasing can be only
completely tense. Furthermore, observe it incredibly difficult to find a
wonderful ...
Forgiveness and Happiness
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Our FBA Podcast this week is entitled Forgiveness and Happiness. Santavajri
explores verses 4, 5 and 6 of the Eight Verses for Training the Mind. She
begin...
Self is Time
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“The self arrays itself and forms the entire universe. Perceive each
particular thing in this universe as a moment of time. Things do not hinder
things, ju...
Notes on T253 and T254
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In this post, I will show that the extended Heart Sutra text T254 is a
lightly redacted or edited version of T253, rather than an independent
translatio...
Mom Died
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It has been a long time since I posted. But I know that some of you still
follow, so I wanted to let you know that Mom passed away on January 4. I
was ther...
Take refuge in your senses
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You have traveled too fast over false ground; Now your soul has come to
take you back. Take refuge in your senses, open up To all the small
miracles you...
Colbert to the left of me, white men to the right
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And here I am, stuck in the middle with Assalayana.
Lately, I've been feeling like the legendary Assalayana, a 16-year-old
student of the Brahmans who was...
Still pushing drugs American style
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There is no justification whatsoever for running expensive advertisements
on television that end with the line “Ask your doctor whether…is right for
you....
"Now What?"
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(This talk was given November 6, 2024, one day after the election in the
US).
*The “elephant in the room” is that today, slightly more than half of the ...
A Simple, Short, Breathing Meditation
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Every morning, before breakfast, find a quiet place to sit where you wont
be disturbed.
Get yourself really comfortable and rest your hands on your lap....
On Refusal
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There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes
you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part. — Mario Savio Here are some
roug...
Zhaozhou’s “Wash Your Bowl!”
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Last week I had to share my understanding of Book of Serenity Case 39 and
defend it in dharma combat as part of a shuso hossen ceremony. I am
particularly...
The Two Generals Heng and Ha
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Statues of Generals Heng and Ha
(Image: Zjypw.com 上海彩雲工藝品有限公司; Edited by Harry Leong)
*The Two Generals Heng and Ha* (哼哈二將 *Heng Ha Erjiang*) are *dvarapad...
Growing up (part 1)
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There are several metaphors for the project that is the spiritual life. The
two most common variations are, I think, the path and the unfolding of the
plan...
SHERINGHAM DIARY No 120 - Circular Confections
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I had been writing a review of a rather superb production of Hedda Gabler
streamed on National Theatre At Home. I spent many a tricky minute
correcting and...
Politics as a spiritual practice
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I don’t normally post about politics here, but I feel I have to today,
because a lot of people are distressed, shocked, and fearful. Even though
the result...
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