Saturday, June 30, 2012

Padmabandhu in Spanish and translated by Manjunatha

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I watched and listened to this video this morning on my practice day.  I like the diversity in the TBC!  It's 17 minutes and it's f...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

8th Anniversary

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I started this blog 8 years ago. I've had a lot of ups and downs over the last 8 years, and this blog has been a sort of public noteb...
Monday, June 11, 2012

In The Mail: The Misleading Mind

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I got The Misleading Mind today, written by Karuna Cayton . Karuna Cayton was trained in the Tibetan Gelugpa tradition in Nepal with Lam...
Friday, May 25, 2012

sexual ethics article

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Sangha night we read an article by  Winton Higgins from BuddhaNet . We had a lively discussion, not about celibacy, but which got me to...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

sangha

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I went to sangha night for the first time in ages, and it was wonderful to be around everyone.  I'd forgotten how much I like everyone....
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Thomas Jefferson with a Buddhist advisor?

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What if Thomas Jefferson had a quasi-Buddhist advisor (who focuses on wellness) and his letters were recently discovered?  Suneel Dhand has...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

the impact of technology TED talk by Sherry Turkle

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beautiful video

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Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo .

Bhikkhu Bodhi interview quote

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"What sort of training have you had in meditation practice? "During my early years in Sri Lanka I did very little intensive me...

a simple prayer

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(I'm reading Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche 's  Living Fully , (p 25), and it has the following prayer in it I wanted to share:) May I act...
Saturday, April 07, 2012

informal book review on goodreads

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Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism by Stephen Batchelor My rating: 5 of 5 stars I thought--what do I want to read? ...
Sunday, April 01, 2012

Rereading: Alone With Others

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I've really been enjoying rereading this book by Stephen Batchelor :  Alone With Others.  I've read everything of his  on Buddhism,...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Manjuvajra Video

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He taught me the prostration practice and ran the first few GFR retreats I was on, for which I'm eternally grateful.  It's cool t...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Lovely evening

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Nine people came to my sunday drop in sit, amazing.  While everyone had tried meditation, this was the first class with others, for several...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Starting a sit tonight

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So the day is finally here.  Perhaps it's a small thing, but to me it is huge.  I'm going to have a drop in sit at my house.  I dev...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Aloka on YouTube

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Aloka is a major artist in the TBC revolution, who's art I recently blogged a photo of.   Someone showed me these videos, which I'v...

video games

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In our dada world, of intellectual overload, video games provide refuge for the cave man, or the problem solver, or the visually leaning m...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Davidson's research and book

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Reading the introduction of  The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How Yo...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Long Quote on Confession and Ethics

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"For many people, a belief in divine punishment or reward is integral to their sense of the meaning of religion. For instance, on a re...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

I want to die. How can I die?

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So I was looking at my analytics, and as predicted in the Elephant Journal , my post I want to Die, how can I die , is by far my most popul...