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...
Exploring Buddhist Children’s Literature Worldwide
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I have been traveling a lot recently, stopping into beautiful book stores
and libraries whenever I have a chance. Whenever I am in a bookstore in a
new-to-...
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 ...
Minor Figures: Jī
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Jī 基 (632–682) [aka Kuījī 窺基] plays a relatively minor role in the history
of the *Heart Sutra*. He composed a commentary: *Bānrěbōluómìduō xīn jīng
yōu ...
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....
Deleuze & Guattari: What is Philosophy?
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With Hannes Schumacher The question what is philosophy? can perhaps be
posed only late in life, with the arrival of old age andthe time for
speaking concre...
Buddhists Organize to Defend Democracy
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This is a brief blog post to inform readers of a new non-sectarian
Buddhist organization representing Buddhists from many lineages and
traditions and h...
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...
MY OWN WALKING - April Journal 2025
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I recently re-read a journal post - Checking In With My Faith & Doubts.
A couple of sentences stuck out to me like a sore thumb.
When you experience a s...
Mythbusting the name “Siddhartha”
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This is one of a series of articles where I’ve been mythbusting things
people “know” about the Buddha. These myths include the supposed facts that
he was a...
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