Thursday, March 23, 2006

Benches

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I got a deluxe bench from Windmind today. It's pretty good, but I can imagine a non-portable model that would be more stable. The legs...
Monday, March 20, 2006

Lokabhandu!

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Lokabhandu is in town, and he's an amazing guy. He's just been on a whirlwind tour of FWBO centers around the world. He went on a ...
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Friday, March 10, 2006

Hundred Verses

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I'm trying to increase my time meditating. I went for 50 minutes this morning. I've greatly enjoyed The Hundred Verses of Advice. ...
Saturday, March 04, 2006

father's haiku on a photo of buddha i took

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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f133/zaneparks/buddha.jpg I took the photo on retreat at Aryaloka. It was a wonderful retreat about going...
Sunday, February 12, 2006

Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika

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http://www.stephenbatchelor.org/verses2.htm#Investigation%20of%20Conditions
Wednesday, January 18, 2006

33. Peak Experiences

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Andrew has been getting good readings for us. We talked about peak meditation experiences. I had a really good meditation last night. I...
Friday, January 13, 2006

32. Vimalakirti-nirdesa

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Simon is back with sangha night, and we had some visitors from out of town. I've decided to begin posting to the male ordination newsle...
Sunday, January 01, 2006

31. www.buddhistrecovery.com

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I'm not usually in the business of plugging others web sites, mostly because I fear nobody reads this blog. But I met Paul yesterday an...
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Saturday, December 17, 2005

30. Dream

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I had my first Sangharakshita dream. I dreamt I was studying with Nagabodhi and him. Then we were all having a study break, and it was mor...
Thursday, December 15, 2005

29. Kamalashila

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We were graced with the presence of Kamalashila last night. We had a meditation and a question and answer period. He seems like a wonderfu...
Sunday, November 20, 2005

25. The Four Acceptances

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With loyalty to my teachers I accept this ordination. In harmony with friends and brethren I accept this ordination. For the attainment of e...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

28. Nagabhodi

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We had a visit by Nagabhodi this week. I had dinner with him, and then we went to sangha night. He gave a good teaching. Very inspiration...
Friday, October 21, 2005

27. Historical Buddha

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The Historical Buddha by H.W. Schumann was very interesting to me. The historical buddha is important to me, in that it highlights, what th...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005

27. Rough draft

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I'm sick of working on this. I don't think anyone reads this blog. But none the less, here is an essay on fatherhood and buddhism....
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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

26. reporting in

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Reporting in last night, was a very positive experience for me. But greater than that was to listen to everyone else report in. Quite a po...
Wednesday, September 21, 2005

25. Borrowed Body

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Borrowed Body by Valerie Mason-John (aka Queenie, aka Vimalasara) is a first novel by a WBO order member. This harrowing autobiographical n...
Sunday, September 18, 2005

24. Confession

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A Confession ... whatever evil, cruel act was done by me previously, I will confess it all before the Buddhas. Whatever evil I have done by...
Tuesday, September 13, 2005

23. Padmasuri

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There are two books by female FWBO order members. Srimala's Breaking Free is aptly titled, "Glimpses of a Buddhist Life". I w...
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Sunday, September 11, 2005

22. Advice from Me to Myself

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Advice from Me to Myself by Patrul Rinpoche Vajrasattva, sole deity, Master, You sit on a full-moon lotus-cushion of white light In the hun...
Monday, August 29, 2005

21. Shantinayaka and Amala

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I had a good retreat, even though I was craving to go on the whole retreat, and not just the weekend, and I wanted to cram a bunch in becaus...