Sunday, July 21, 2013

Sunday morning thoughts

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( Source ) Reading Buddhist Ethics so far, the introductions were not bad. Usually I skip those, but they were not bad. The first ...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

thoughts of the day

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Increased awareness can lead to problems. When you open up to the close calls between cars and buses and motorcycles and trucks on the road...
Friday, July 19, 2013

Pema Chodron quote

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“So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn’t sit for even one, tha...
Saturday, July 06, 2013

Mark Epstein quotes on desire

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"From the Western, Puritan point of view, it’s always been seen as dangerous, devilish, the enemy. From the Eastern spiritual point of...
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Friday, July 05, 2013

Quote from Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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“Give in to this impulse, give in to that impulse, obey your thirst. It’s good for the economy, it’s good for you spiritually. Watch out, i...

4th of July

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Liberal commies like me have a harder time expressing patriotism because we feel so let down by the promise of equality and justice. Th...
Thursday, July 04, 2013

Current Pop

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"...when the self become a selfie — when people start approaching themselves and others as things, to be posed, bartered or possessed,...
Wednesday, July 03, 2013

McMindfulness

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"Bhikkhu Bodhi, an outspoken western Buddhist monk, has warned: "absent a sharp social critique, Buddhist practices could easily ...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Tintin in Tibet

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I'm reading Tintin in Tibet (The Adventures of Tintin) I scanned it for Buddhist references. There is one scene with a stupa , tha...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

Kids meditating

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Batchelor quote

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"As we proceed along the well trodden path of Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, or Islam, we may begin to weary of their certainties. P...
Saturday, June 22, 2013

Five Food Contemplations

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From Savor by They
Thursday, June 20, 2013

"Last Call" by Larissa MacFarquhar

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I get sent books, and occasionally other things, like once I got opera tickets. I love the opera. I love movies. I enjoy free things, it ma...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

congratulations

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As reported on TBC News , Mike Osgood becomes Vimalamoksa (dot under the s, Westernized spelling Vimalamoksha). A Sanskrit name meaning “Pu...

Social Justice in the USA

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( source ) I have been reading the writings of Henry A. Giroux . I am disgusted with American politics. I experience horrified anxiety...
Saturday, June 01, 2013

Long Direct Quote from Living with the Devil by Stephen Batchelor

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One moment we are "pathing," only in the next to find ourselves "stuck" and "blocked." We may not have lost o...
Monday, May 27, 2013

So many books so little time.

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Tricycle magazine is awesome. It's launched the desire to read 4 books. I loved the excerpt on boredom from Sangharakshita's late...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

The Bliss of Inner Fire

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I just reread my review of The Bliss of Inner Fire, thought it was interesting. Wrote that a while ago with a really good editor helping me...

The Buddha's Apprentice at Bedtime

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I came across this awesome book. I read a story from it to my 7 and 9 year old son. They said it was good. Maybe they could read it the...

My son's first communion

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My youngest son had his first communion in the Catholic Church. I am a Buddhist, but I believe learning about other traditions isn't b...