Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Mythology

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Reading A Short History of Myth , Armstrong talks about how rocks are imbued with the divine. I have rocks on my shrine. I fancy myself som...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Many Dharma Doors

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There was an idea in the introduction of The Buddha's Wife: The Path of Awakening Together , that there are many Dharma doors. I someti...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Met a guy on the street

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A monk on the streets of Jamaica Queens tried to get $20 for a  wrist Mala, but for a lesser donation I was given this amulet that ...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

intension in meditation

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My errors in life, have often come at times when I wander away from my intensions because I haven't been meditating. I don't consci...

Teaching children to meditate

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I taught my son the 4 stage mindfulness of breathing. He is 11 years old. He wakes up early like me, and I was going to sit and meditate so...

Reflections while reading The Buddha's Wife

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I have been asking myself if this book, The Buddha's Wife, is good enough to be a modern sutra. How much is there a clang historically,...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

The Buddha's Wife

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The Buddha's Wife: The Path of Awakening Together  is a fascinating book. I've read speculative books before, one where Thomas Je...
Sunday, June 07, 2015

Spiritual

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There is an interesting article in the NY Times about spirituality. It is a good article but it doesn't settle the matter for me. An...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

How do I spiritually bypass?

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I've made mistakes in my life, and when I feel bad about myself, I don't think I have the self esteem to look at my mistakes. But a...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

perceptual healing

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The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom  is like a sutra to me. Last time I thought a book could be ...
Sunday, May 03, 2015

A Zen Life: DVD review

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When A Zen Life, came out I asked the Sangha if everyone wanted to pitch in and buy it. Nobody responded to my e-mail. Crickets. Finally go...
Saturday, May 02, 2015

What I'm reading

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I finally got around to The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom . Halifax combines Buddhism with Shama...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Photo

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Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Book Review: Through The Flames

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Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination  is a book in two parts. The first half is about Mr...
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Thursday, April 02, 2015

Sacred illness

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from Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination  
Saturday, March 28, 2015

MYOB

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P.26 in Dhammapada: The Way of Truth   “One should pay no heed to the faults of others, what they have done and not done. Rather shou...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

That's not how I pictured it

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Ted Seth Jacobs is an American painter. The only way this photo makes sense to me is if these are Mara's daughters, but supposedly t...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

reflections on Buddhist Modernism

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Pat Robertson says don't work with Buddhists.  How can you tell, they're so sneaky?! In unrelated news, been reflecting on The Maki...
Sunday, March 01, 2015

New book out

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Alan Lokos has a new book out: Through the Flames: Overcoming Disaster Through Compassion, Patience, and Determination . I enjoyed Patience...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Mindfulness of the Buddha

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( Udumvara flower ) This is a book review of The Life of the Buddha (Penguin Classics) . As noted in a previous blog , the book was w...