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    <updated_at>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:23:49 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[wil has to do some fireman stuff so we will not arrive till 2nd week - aug 9-14<br/>will we miss you all?]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:27:06 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[hey Jennifer,<br/>what surprised you most?<br/>William]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:53:49 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[just ordered it<br/>from of all places<br/>Nyack library<br/>where it is sitting on the shelf<br/>many thanks<br/>Wiliam]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:01:24 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[my fave was the guy in a bar in dublin ordering 3 pints at once<br/>now that is illogical thinking!<br/>Makes sense in Dublin though.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:35:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh is a living master of Buddhist teaching.  He takes a difficult series of texts and makes them very understandable.  I really like his work and also his organization here in the US. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:31:59 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I just finished a 10 day silent retreat with S.N.Goenka.  It was absolutely amazing and I learned so much.  This book is essentially that training.  Don't know how much a person could get just by reading it.  Afterwards, though,  it is a great resource.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:22:49 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Hi Jennifer,<br/>As you will see --by becoming aware of the many bardo states we pass through daily one is able to live more fully and by extension will also be able in some distant future to die well.<br/>Best<br/>William]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:57:28 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a great book. Unlike many Zen books this was written by a true practitioner.<br/>Best I have seen.<br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:05:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a tough read - better to listen on audio and fast forward through technical parts.<br/>Lots of penetrating insights about the many ways we avoid anxiety and how the ultimate anxiety is fear of death.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:58:07 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book reminds me of the Celestine Prophecy:  lots of good insights strung together with a very thin plot<br/>I am anticipating the movie which should be better than the book - at the least it will show beautiful golf courses in Scotland! ]]></body>
        
    
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