Sunday, April 26, 2009

Why I am a Buddhist

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Why am I a Buddhist? I’d say I am a Buddhist because of deep meditative experiences, bolstered by sangha and study. My friend said she’s s...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Meditation and children: update

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My eldest (5) went to his t-ball game with my wife. So I had the younger one (3.5). I asked him if he would mind if I meditated. I used to...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

video about editing The Essential Sangharakshita

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FWBO Day 2009 talk by Vidyadevi speaks about the process of editing 'The Essential Sangharakshita. She addresses the criticism that The ...
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Follow me on twitter

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Here's my link on twitter. I'm going to post links there. I just posted a link about female vegans have dense bones.
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Essential Sangharakshita Quotes

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p. 150 "Human beings are today less free to think and feel simply, naturally, and spontaneously than at any other period in history....
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Reincarnation

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Thurman and Batchelor debate reincarnation. I myself lean towards Batchelor's side. I think more along these lines: "..if there w...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Essential Sangharakshita Quotes

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P.108: "Where you are is less important than whether or not you know where you are." P. 109: "One is not following the Bud...
Sunday, April 05, 2009

quotes from Suvarnaprabha

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Suvanrnaprabha has some good quotes. Here's the last quote: If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mo...
Friday, April 03, 2009

Aaron Lackowski's guest post

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Interesting article about the future of Buddhism, taking roots in the USA.  (Broken link, but I'll keep it.) Here are some questions Aar...

Manjushri Puja video

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Here's a link to a Manjushri puja. Here are my past links where I write the word "puja".

Challenging quotes

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I reviewed a book which I read for the first time "warm Dharma hug" Buddhism, suggesting perhaps that we could challenge ourselve...

another celeb convert?

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http://theworsthorse.com/2009/04/the-new-sports-world-buddhist-celeb/ I think it's an April fool's joke.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

latest celebrity conversion?

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worst horse has an interesting article about the latest celebrity conversion, though there are some questions about how serious he is. I enj...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

unorthodox and controversial

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The Essential Sangharakshita , and excellent book, which I highly recommend, says in the biographical sketch by Vidyadevi (Karen Stout): ...
Friday, March 27, 2009

HH Dagchen Rinpoche's hand holds a vajra drawing lines that close the Hevajra Mandala, after the empowerment, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

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HH Dagchen Rinpoche's hand holds a vajra drawing lines that close the Hevajra Mandala, after the empowerment, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha,...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

It's the whole life

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Vidhuma talks briefly about the Buddha and what he he draws inspiration from: The SF sangha sings another version of Hallelujah:
Saturday, March 21, 2009

FWBO Refuge Three Video

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When the advertisement pops up, close it, to see the video. Or you could go to the source. Bante talks about how we might not literally read...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

new resources

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FWBO & TBMSG News has some new teaching resources for schools and for children. I'm going to try the sitting still exercise with m...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Essential Sangharakshita bio sketch

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I read the biographical sketch, which is a new one. I suppose if you read the same one in his many books, it's cool to read a new one. ...

new video about Jews and Buddhists

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I was first made aware of this video by the excellent blogger Danny Fisher.