Thursday, August 30, 2018

The battle with the possible is to not trip up on hubris.

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Korean pagoda with fans Some spiritual cheerleading for myself, I hope it helps you. The battle with the possible is to not trip up ...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Family life for me

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Family (with small children) sangha is harder than community sangha for me, and friends who go away (their home). Family exposes all yo...

Zen Bunnies

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The little books of quotes can be good for changing one's mindset without getting bogged down in a whole line of discourse. Welcome...
Monday, August 13, 2018

Anamist, pagan, Taoist, humanist, Buddhist

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I'm an animist, pagan, Taoist, humanist, Buddhist with American Christian and Jewish cultural roots, a Northern European mutt from ...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED.

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Disclaimer: NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. Everything posted on Going for Refuge is for the sole purpose of sharing with others. ...

The Supreme Path The Rosary of Precious Gems

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( Source ) I've been reading  The Supreme Path The Rosary of Precious Gems , Gampopa's 280 yogic precepts. Gampopa was a s...
Thursday, July 05, 2018

Happy 4 Noble Truths Day!

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Independence day  celebration in America is a perfect opportunity to go over the  4 noble truths . Sangharakshita says something to the...

Eightfold Path

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The  eightfold path  is the path leading out of suffering, the 4th noble truth. I learned VESALEAS (/vessel ease/) in Vision and Transforma...
Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Links

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Here is a video explanation of Tibetan Tankas at the Asian Society in New York. Here are some cool photos from Tibet. Some aerial photo...
Sunday, July 01, 2018

Quote

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"...another morning I may be no more than an unpaid babysitter for the antics of my mind in the playpen of the meditation cushion....
Monday, June 25, 2018

Rohingyas

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Support the Rohingyas. Listen to Vishvapani: The problems of a Buddhist state.  "Buddhists are only as good as their actions, and I ...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

Tenzing Palmo

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Tenzing Palmo was born in 1943 named Diane to a fishmonger in London's East End. Her father died when she was 2. She was sickly and di...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Popular posts

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Just spent some time looking at the posts that got the most views. Quotes from other people tend to be the big winners. Sometimes subje...

#3

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Past 37 practices of a Bodhisattva by Geshe Sonam Rinchen : -1 -2 What follows is my commentary on the root text. Read the Geshe's ...

Benjamin Franklin's Parable of the Whistle

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"When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they ...
Monday, May 14, 2018

Eight Great Places: An internet pilgrimage

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I've been looking to go on pilgrimage via the internet to the 8 great places . I took this internet trip over 8 days, here is what I fo...
Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Fasting

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I've been  looking into  fasting. A friend has been experimenting with it and I've been talking to him about how he does it and wha...
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Monday, May 07, 2018

anger management quote?

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From page 8 of the hardcover edition of Being Wrong : "...it is surprisingly difficult to get angry unless you are either convinced ...

Quote by Kathryn Schulz

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Page 6 of Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz: "...we live in a culture that simultaneously despises error and insists that it is central...
Monday, April 30, 2018

the still small voice

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As an upshot of the English civil war , Quakerism was created. The regular person sought inwardly for the still small voice that would lea...