Thursday, May 26, 2011

saw this rupa at a fair, he wanted $170

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Have you ever seen this mudra? From Going For Refuge
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

beautiful?

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Chapter 5

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Buddhanussati is the imaginative practice of imagining the Buddha. It was mentioned by Pingiya (search his name to get the scriptural sourc...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

The Art of Reflection

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On p. 105 Ratnaguna discusses how to work with ideals. Don't compare yourself and feel inferior. Just use it in your becoming.

Bhante quote

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"A single smile of Beauty can bring about greater transformation than all the frowns of Righteousness." P.292 The Essential Sang...
Saturday, May 07, 2011

Quote

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"In owning up to my foolishness I liberated my natural flow of energy." p. 55, The Art of Reflection by Ratnaguna.
Friday, May 06, 2011

The art of reflection

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I liked this book when in the first chapter Ratnaguna talks about papanca. Reflection and doing nothing isn't a new idea to me. In ta...
Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Ratnaguna on The Art of Reflection

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The Art Of Reflection from Clear Vision Trust on Vimeo . I got the book yesterday and started reading. Looking around there are other v...
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watched this the other day

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Lokabhandu discusses his early experiences with Bhante:
Friday, April 29, 2011

4 book comments

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So I'm in the process of trying to do a review of this book for Wildmind: Mindfulness For Dummies (Book + CD) . I'm not against th...
Saturday, April 23, 2011

Skydiving videos

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Skydiving is a very spiritual thing. I went last summer. Here are some videos: A little bit on the ground: Walking to the plane, tak...
Thursday, April 07, 2011

Poem

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Are They Shadows BY SAMUEL DANIEL Are they shadows that we see? And can shadows pleasure give? Pleasures only shadows be Cast by bo...
Monday, April 04, 2011

spiritual materialism

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We have big selves and small contracted selves. The small contracted self wants to get ordained, to check that off this list, want to acqui...
Friday, April 01, 2011

Vidyajoyti

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Petal to the metal

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Petal to the Metal There were 2 movies that very much influenced my early thinking, that I saw as a prepubescent impressionable child. On...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

flowers on a shrine

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Honeyball Sutta

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Another theme gleaned from Free Buddhist Audio and Triratna Buddhist News , is that the so called Honeyball Sutta has been read a bit. I ...

rereading "Re-imagining the Buddha"

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Going to study the essay that came out in December 2010. So I've been rereading it. Looked up the Nagaloka statue. It's not...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

Photo

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Friday, February 25, 2011

opportunity cost

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In every decision there is an opportunity cost. By doing one thing, you can't do another thing. And by having children, I can't do...