Saturday, December 28, 2013

Musings

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Accountability is something you don’t see in the media too often. Politicians and celebrities tend to see themselves as the exceptio...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Celebration for the 25th

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I celebrate all religions, and true spirituality, not the worldly use of religion for worldly ends. I celebrate how spirituality brings us ...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Food Pantries for the borough of Queens, New York City, New York

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QUEENS Allen A.M.E. Cathedral 110-31 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica 718-206-4600 Monday  and Thursday, 11 am to 1 pm. Bethany Bap...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Listen up old bad-karma steve

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From  Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening An excerpt, which I found in Tricycle Magazine . 

sacred and the profane

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Everything is spiritual and nothing is spiritual. I used to wonder why people didn't like the term spiritual. For them it meant an ar...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

am I a tool?

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" Whether you like it or not, we book bloggers are marketers." I do get books here, but I don't review a book when I don...

Bhante Quote

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"Some religious texts talk about the need to give up worldly pleasure or happiness, but I would personally like to see people give up ...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Buddhist Killer

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I've written about buddhism and violence in this blog. People are surprised that "Buddhist" commit violence. To put it an...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Quote from Living Wisely

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"We fear fearlessness in the same way that we fear nonviolence. To act non-violently certainly appears to make one more vulnerable. Yo...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Translating ancient wisdom

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One thing that strikes me in Sangharakshita's recent book is how he is translating Nagarjuna into modern times. Reading his books on te...
Saturday, September 07, 2013

relationship mantras

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( Hopper ) 1. Dear one, I am really here for you. 2. Dear one, I know that you are here, and I am very glad about it. This is from ...
Monday, September 02, 2013

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"I'll tell you one thing, Franny. One thing I  know . And don't get upset. It isn't anything bad. But if it's th...
Sunday, September 01, 2013

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I was showing my boys all the different rupas and tankas. "This one is manjushri, this one is avalokateshevra.... "That one...

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I'm reading Franny and Zooey because when I was on a date at the movies, I saw there's a Salinger movie coming out. I'd r...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Pasternak quote

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"I think that if the beast who sleeps in man could be held down by threats--any kind of threat, whether of jail or retribution after d...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

George Saunders' commencement speech

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I know this video came out a while ago. But I was reading a follow up interview. Saunders commencement speech is a plea for kindness. In th...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

worldly winds

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The first time I saw Cloudy With A Chance For Meatballs , I was upset it was nothing to do with the book, which I quite liked. I saw ...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

the dark side of meditation

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The dark side of meditation is an interesting subject in that, to be completely honest, I've been guilty of tweeting all the posi...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Saturday musings

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"Job and Jesus, Pascal and Montaigne, evolutionary biology and neuroscience, Roland Barthes and William Blake offer glimpses of se...

Living With The Devil Quotes

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"The plight of both Mara and Satan is to be banished from life itself. My sense of alienation is like wise rooted in the numbness ...