Thursday, January 31, 2019

In the moment

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"A famous story tells how, while sheltering in a cowherd's hut, the king got a telling-off from the cowherd's wife. Why? H...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Ulysses S. Grant

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Do you see bodhisattvas everywhere? I'm listening to Ulysses S. Grant 's memoir and a history book on him and I can draw this p...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Challenging myself

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Latest vegan TEDx talk . Actually it came out in April 2018. I have been a vegetarian on and off in my life since I learned you don't n...
Friday, January 25, 2019

2 stories in the News

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Birth of Liquid Desires : Consigne: gâcher l’ardoise totale? = Instructions: ruin the total slate 1. Buddhist gambler donates winnings...
Sunday, January 20, 2019

Judgmentalism

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From Love's Labor's Loss : Berowne act 4, sc 3: "You found his mote, the King your mote did see, But I a beam do find i...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Scientific Buddhism

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I read a new website Scientific Buddhism . Someone's been reading their western philosophy and believes in hard determinism . I like th...
Friday, January 11, 2019

Full embodiment

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Lion's Roar had an article that caught my interest with Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman answering questions from Sandra Oh . "...

Ethical concerns

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Kamala Harris points out that when we wake up in the night worried about things, it's not as a democrat or a republican. Cory Booker...

Simony

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Reading Me and Shakespeare  by Herman Gollob has been wonderful. He found the religion of Judaism that he wasn't really brought up ...
Friday, December 28, 2018

spiritual science fiction

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Science fiction is my guilty pleasure. I'm enjoying a novel by PJ McDermott  called the Alien Corps. They have found a ancient book of ...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Taking The Blinders Off

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When you meditate, you see things that are hidden in plain sight that distraction blinds us to. Righteous anger can be a hindrance. I need ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Happy Buddhamas

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The place where Buddhism and modern psychology connect is that you can snuff out some underlying thought patterns that are semi-conscio...
Friday, December 21, 2018

The Dharma of Hamilton

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All religions notice anything cool. I remember when every religion claimed Groundhog Day as a parable for their religion. This musical, whi...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Love's Labor's Loss

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"Therefore, brave conquerors, for so you are That war against your own affections And the huge army of the world's desires, Our ...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Sonadanda Sutta

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The Sonadana Sutta is the 4th sutta in the Digha Nikaya . Here is the brief summary on Wikipedia: "The Buddha asks Sonadanda the Brahm...
Friday, December 14, 2018

Siam

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Reading Roar by Matteo Pistono, I'm learning some Thai history. Sulak didn't like the name Thailand, he liked Siam. Did you know t...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

Roar by Matteo Pistono

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This book is about  Sulak Sivaraksa , a Thai, who is among the founders of the  INBE  established in 1989. He wrote  Seeds of Peace  (copyr...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Podcasts

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I work overnight and can often listen to my iphone. So for a while I listened to music. I really got into the Hamilton soundtrack. I think ...
Saturday, December 08, 2018

Comparative Religion

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From Zealot : The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth" by Reza Aslan : "In any case, neither the commandment to love one’s enem...
Wednesday, December 05, 2018

bark

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When I first read the Bahiya Sutta , about Bahiya of the bark garment, I soft of imagined the rough and inflexible bark I've seen on th...