Going For Refuge

Deepening and intensify my Dharma practice influenced by all of Buddhism, with book reviews, cultural notes, photography, and anything Buddhisty.

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Manjusvara

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Manjusvara visited New York City, and he lead sangha night, and on Saturday he had a workshop. I will be buying his book, if you're in ...
Thursday, May 11, 2006

Vessak Day

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Vessak Day celebration was interesting in the same way as the charnel ground meditations; I felt the larger NYC sangha. This was more so, w...
Sunday, April 30, 2006

Welwood

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I particularly like the therapist/buddhist writers. Jack Kornfield and Sylvia Boorsteen don't so much address it, but they are also tra...
Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Charnal Ground Meditation

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I saw the bodies exhibit: http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/ Which was sponsored by http://www.tricycle.com/ The following people were sup...
Monday, April 10, 2006

billboard

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http://www.fwbo-nyc.org/index.php

three fetters

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I had a lovely retreat on the 3 fetters: if you break them, then you become a stream entrant, and never worry about the gravitational pull ...
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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