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...
More Buddhist Science Fiction
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Building from last month’s blog post, I have come across more Buddhist
science fiction. I recently learned of the work of author Vajra
Chandrasekera, who w...
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 ...
The (Measurement Problem) Problem
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The *measurement problem *is perhaps the best-known puzzle in quantum
mechanics. A vast literature addresses this problem without ever resolving
it. The...
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....
Practicing Social Ecology
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From Social Movements to Democratic Transformation With Eleanor Finley An
eco-socialist’s handbook on how to change the world Comes at a perfect time
for o...
Two Fingers Pointing to the Moon
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A complete grasp of non-duality is beyond limited beings such as ourselves.
This is why Dōgen wrote “when one side is illumined, the other is dark.”
Even i...
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...
ARTICLE - Houses In Motion
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*I was recently asked if I would give a reading at a family wedding. Either
a text I thought appropriate, or something I might write. No particular
immedia...
Democracy and spiritual practice
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Because of the alarming political situation in the US, which has parallels
with events in other countries, I’ve been writing about how we, as
spiritual pra...
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