Tag: buddhism
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May 17, 2008 10:54 AM EDT --
This is the fourth article in a series on "World Religions" for "Spirituality Explorers". Most people have some curiosity about and interest in learning about other religions. . . . more
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April 23, 2007 11:50 PM EDT --
Homemade Soba Noodles
“My wife’s mother is making soba noodles for us for dinner.” Buddhist Monk Yoshihiro Unezawa told me and made a circular motion with his hands - the . . . more
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November 09, 2007 10:58 AM EST --
A couple of weeks ago, I was interviewed for the Daily Californian. It is a great article and I wanted to share it!
Faces of Berkeley: Buddhist Works to Escape Homelessness
http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=26674 . . . more
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December 02, 2007 02:44 PM EST --
"The soul has to go on loving in the emptiness, or at least to go on wanting to love, though it may only be with an infinitesimal part of itself."
- Simone Weil
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July 21, 2007 11:12 PM EDT --
Okay; What did the Buddha teach?
I'll check back Sunday and see if there are some opinions and views expressed herein...
Peace.
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July 13, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
When I was a sophomore in high school, my parents divorced and my mother and I moved to Rapid City, South Dakota to live with my aunt. The high school there was almost as large as my hometown . . . more
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March 16, 2007 10:19 PM EDT --
I was supposed to be getting married.
Spring was around the corner, and instead of walking down the isle like I had planned – like we had planned – I was buying a condo. It was . . . more
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November 11, 2007 08:04 PM EST --
Buddha in Glory
Center of all centers, core of cores,
almond, that closes tightly in and sweetens,--
this entire world out to all the stars
is your fruit-flesh: we greet you.
Look, you feel how . . . more
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February 08, 2007 01:42 PM EST --
Buddhism is a religion. Random's first law of religious thermodynamics is: religions (like bananas) split.
Thus, there are various Buddhisms, A to Zen.
A Zen Buddhist leader asked his followers, . . . more
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February 28, 2007 09:41 PM EST --
This week has been a rough one for me. I am new to this community and so a little introduction is warranted. I am a nurse, I work in orthopaedics, managing a large surgical clinic, and my job is a daily . . . more
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March 15, 2008 11:26 AM EDT --
First, I should say that I have visited Lhasa seven times over the past 12 years. I have memories indelibly etched into my mind of the streets, the monasteries, the farms and sacred places, the mountains . . . more
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July 30, 2006 11:26 PM EDT --
A pillow sits on the wood floor of my office. It's an ordinary meditation pillow - maroon and pink, circular, short, embroidered with cascading triangles and filled with dried buckwheat. Some people . . . more
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February 17, 2008 08:51 AM EST --
The weekly discussion topic for the "Spirituality Explorers" is "RELIGION". How could something that, on the one hand, teaches love and compassion, be on the other hand the . . . more
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October 27, 2006 03:17 PM EDT --
Inner Landscape
Happiness
Interior . . . more
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March 19, 2007 05:22 PM EDT --
Today I wish to honor the memory of my mother, Harriet Alice Goldman, who had she remained alive this lifetime until today, would have celebrated her 87th birthday. Although not herself a believer . . . more
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June 11, 2007 01:50 PM EDT --
Earlier today I emailed a new friend, Tom, and as I often do, keyed "Nam-myoho-renge-kyo" before my name. Below is the email I received back from him a short while ago...
Jared, . . . more
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October 09, 2007 07:36 PM EDT --
“There are many ways to enter the Path, but briefly speaking they are of two sorts only. The one is "Entrance by Reason" and the other "Entrance by Conduct."
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October 10, 2007 02:16 AM EDT --
"Self-study is the means of acquiring a special inner attention which
participates in the inner state of connectedness, and also serves for
acquiring exact knowledge of conditions leading to higher . . . more
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November 07, 2007 01:02 AM EST --
I went to a Buddhist Center tonight for the first time. I've wanted to learn more about mediation for years, but I've been intimidated about what it would be like. I went to a centering prayer . . . more
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November 09, 2007 12:31 PM EST --
In the middle of a forest a snake saw a monk coming along a path. He went to meet the monk to ask if it was possible for him to take religious vows.
After listening to him, the monk said, “Yes, . . . more
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