Sunday, April 17, 2016

Shop

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

New Book

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Somehow I missed Great Faith, Great Wisdom coming out March 8th. I'm 21 days behind. I know I want to read this book, because The Art ...
Wednesday, February 03, 2016

calm so deep

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Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Reader response

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Finished reading Eight Step Recovery . I enjoyed the integration of Buddhism and recovery. Many interesting thoughts on shame spirals and s...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

live the questions

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Among the best advice I ever got was to live the questions, from someone who got it from Rilke. Reading Eight Step Recovery: Using the Bu...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Obeisance to Manjushri

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Obeisance to Manjushri Obeisance to my Guru and Protector Manjushri, Who holds to his heart a scriptural text, symbolic of his seeing all ...
Saturday, January 09, 2016

Vegan

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I passed a test yesterday. I went to an Italian place and didn't get any cheese. Got a veggie wrap. I've decided to be vegan in the...
Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Porgy and Bess "I got plenty o' nuttin'"

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Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin' And nuttin's plenty for me I got no car, got no mule I got no misery De folks wid plenty o' ple...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

Addiction and Buddhism links

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I celebrate 90 days clean and sober. Looking for websites for a blog post helps me out to find out what resources there are out there on th...
Friday, December 25, 2015

Namo Amithabha

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Book awards 2015

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Going For Refuge Blog Book awards 2015: 1. Mind in Harmony 2. After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age 3. Nothing Holy...

Festavus Kludge

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This photo is what I saw in the Buddhist florist shop near my house. They tossed in a manger scene, because it's a business, and he...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Service and Silence

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Rugged individualism is encoded into the American soul, for better or worse. For me it's worse, because I need to reach out and connect...
Saturday, December 12, 2015

Quotes

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WORDS  TO CONTEMPLATE from  Eat Sleep Sit : My Year at Japan’s Most Rigorous Zen Temple B y Kaoru Nonomura Translated by Juliet Wint...
Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Pardoned turkey

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"As the breeders of industrial monstrosities know, most Americans prefer light meat to dark. By picking out the birds with the thickes...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Update

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( from ) I just meditated with 2623 people, with Insight Timer. I have meditated 300 days with this device, which isn't so good...
Thursday, November 19, 2015

Kwan Yin in Florida

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Saturday, November 14, 2015

Just started reading After Buddhism

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I'm not sure what I expected from Stephen Batchelor but After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age turns out to be a clo...
Sunday, November 01, 2015

Dreams

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I'm really enjoying Nothing Holy about It: The Zen of Being Just Who You Are . Anandi thinks it's amazing. I've been reading it...
Saturday, September 19, 2015

Thomas Traherne

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Subhuti quoted Traherne, so I'll be studying him this weekend. You can download from Librivox his Centuries of Meditation.  I also paid...
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