Saturday, July 23, 2016

Dukkha

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A quote from a movie written by one of the creators of BoJack Horseman: Here’s the problem with everything. As soon as you get something yo...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Nina Simone

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The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam And I mean every word of it Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my r...

An interesting press release from Tibetan Nun Project

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TIBETAN BUDDHIST NUNS MAKE HISTORY All 20 Nuns Pass Final Round of Geshema Examinations Seattle, WA: Twenty Tibetan Buddhist nuns have just...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Cycles of practice

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On the resources page of Dharma Punx NYC , I found out about Small Boat, Big Mountain which you can get at the Amaravati site . This book ...
Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Sattipathana Commentary by Analayo

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There are many great figures in this dense book that lost me a few times. This is the last figure in the book. I read a review that said...
Friday, June 03, 2016

update

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Above 1008 Green Tara's for your consideration. Here's a PDF of some holy places of the Buddha taken in 2009. I added  Budd...
Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Refuge Recovery Phone Meetings

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**Open Refuge Recovery Phone Meetings** Mondays, 6:00PM PDT/9:00PM EDT Book Study: Guided meditation, followed by a topic-by-topic study...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Poem

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At the Corner Store - Alison Luterman He was a new old man behind the counter, skinny, brown and eager. He greeted me like a long-lost d...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

How did I miss this book?

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I heard about this book on a Dharma Punx retreat: Awakening Through Love  which came out in 2007. I went back and looked at my 141 post...
Monday, May 23, 2016

Coming June 14th

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I always get a little excited when I read these words. I chant them in my pujas. This is a photograph from the book Radical Dharma . ...
Saturday, May 21, 2016

Satyagraha

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I found this draft from a while ago: Oct. 28 2011 Learning about Satyagraha, the opera by Philip Glass, in preparation for attending it a...

my mala

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I found this in my drafts for 2014 My partner gave me an awesome mala a while ago. I've used the mala to do mantras. My son did a...

Rev. angel Kyodo Williams' Warrior-Spirit Prayer of Awakening

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Rev. angel Kyodo Williams' Warrior-Spirit Prayer of Awakening: May all beings be granted with the strength, determination and wisdom ...
Friday, May 20, 2016

Radical Dharma

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I have long noticed that the Dharma seems to be for white people. From posting lyrics  to quotes from Ta-Nehisi Coastes  to quotes from...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Long Time No Blog

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Update: First off, I finished Great Faith, Great Wisdom . Excellent book. Didn't know what to say about it, so I guess I didn'...
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...