Why we don't help and what we can do about it
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My family and I have just returned from a very rich and varied week in New
York, where we did all the usual tourist things, including a visit to the
9/11...
Currently Reading: More Poetry by Keith H. Emmons
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I am currently, slowly, making my way through two new collections of poetry
by Keith H. Emmons. Early last year, Emmons self-published his collection
of po...
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...
How Clinton Lost, by the Numbers, and More
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In order to understand how Trump became president, it is helpful to look at
the actual numbers. The following statistics are taken from the ...
Classical is Cooler
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Many extravagant claims are made for quantum physics, and in comparison
classical physics often seems to be dismissed, almost as though it is of
little c...
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...
Are nations obsolete?
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“A nation without borders is not a nation at all.”
— Donald Trump (September 16, 2016)
People who are in favor of building a physical barrier, such as a w...
Coming off the grief ride
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for now when your insides have been shredded you’re extra defensive,
extra distant, extra tender what you allow to touch you, which isn’t a lot,
goes dee...
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....
A ruin is a curious thing…
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Several reviews, printed interviews, podcast interviews, and events are in
the works for A Critique of Western Buddhism: Ruins of the Buddhist Real. A
much...
Review of Mike Slott’s Mindful Solidarity
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Mike Slott’s Mindful Solidarity: A Secular Buddhist Democratic Socialist
Dialogue (Tuwhiri, 2024) lays out the arguments in favor of Secular
Buddhism, why ...
Dharmapala Weituo
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Dharmapala Weituo
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*Weituo* (韋馱) is a *Dharmapala* (護法神 *Hufa Shen*; guardian deity) in the
Chinese Buddhist tradition. A...
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...
Find peace with “Sitting With Bodhi”
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I warmly invite you to join me in an innovative meditation course. The
focus in these 42 guided meditations is learning to calm our restless minds
and lear...
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