Monday, August 27, 2012

Thomas Merton

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Just watched a documentary on Netflix about Thomas Merton.   (In the USA, not sure if Netflix is around the world.)  He seems like a very i...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Dualism

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" Any kind of life that is making no effort to evolve is escapism." ( Sangharakshita ) I was visiting a friend who lives on the...
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Monday, August 06, 2012

And end for Jayarava's Raves?

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Jayarava writes, " So that's it for  Jayarava's Raves . I have nothing else planned out to say on Buddhism. In a sense I feel ...
Friday, August 03, 2012

Critical Ecumenicalism

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Subhuti came out with a Buddhist Manifesto . Go read it, and process what you think, ponder on it. My feeling was that not much new was...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Sangharakshita on the Sciences within Triratna

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

In The Mail: Obama Karma

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"Ultimately, Obama's Karma is the way in which his inner world is manifested in the outer world. It's the same for all of us. ...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Time lines

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I've been looking at time lines of Buddhism, and I came across this photo of all religions: You can see my linking of timelines in...
Sunday, July 01, 2012

solo practice day

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Not my weekend for my kids, and my partner was out of town, so I had some rare solitude.  To make the most of it, I decided to have a pract...
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,...