Thursday, September 27, 2018

Reincarnation

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Reincarnation was one of the ideas that seemed like a religious metaphysic that did not correlate with Buddhism's minimalist method...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Chapter 6

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It's amazing that the Buddha knew there was more out there. He'd tasted the heights of pleasure (for a heterosexual) by living ...
Sunday, September 16, 2018

confidence

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(from the Ruben Museum ) "..saddha is precisely the confidence that it is possible to liberate one's mind from hinderance and...
Friday, September 14, 2018

#4

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Previous practices of the Bodhisattva : #1 ,   #2 ,   #3 ,   #3  . OK, so I did #3 twice. Now onto #4 Loved ones who have long kept co...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

quote from Analayo book, chapter 3

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Continued reflections on A Meditator's Life of the Buddha. "[When] a thought without sensual desire arose in me, I thought of it...
Thursday, September 06, 2018

Meditator's Life of the Buddha

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Reading Meditator's Life of the Buddha by Analayo , there are two interesting changes in the legend of the Buddha. The first is that...
Saturday, September 01, 2018

A koan I'm pondering

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I am a man of constant sorrow,   I've seen trouble all my day   I bid farewell to old Kentucky,   The place where I was born and raise...
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...