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October 26, 2014
Buddhist Book Reviews Piece on Western Lights
Another kind review of Western Lights has popped up, this time by Buddhist Book Reviews. Here’s a little bit about Buddhist Book Reviews – They exists for one reason and one reason only – to help you discover some of the best and most useful Buddhist books currently available. All of the Buddhist books reviewed are considered […]
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October 25, 2014
The Five Limitless Thoughts
At the conclusion of every Sangha meeting, we end with the Five Limitless Thoughts prayer. I encourage everyone to learn it, memorize it, and with a sincere heart pray for it’s enactment. Remember the Buddha’s path is an inward path. The fulfillment of this prayer can only begin with your own happiness, contentment, and peace. […]
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October 23, 2014
One Minute Meditation – Fall Mist at Field Pond
Misty fall days. What feeling do they bring up for you? For me autumn is a time rich with memory and emotion. I took this and several other videos the first weekend in October. It’s the peak of apple picking time. Autumn colors are asserting themselves. The cool temperatures have beckoned the fleeces and wool socks out of our closets. […]
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October 19, 2014
Sharon Salzberg’s Review of Western Lights
Sharon Salzberg’s Review of Western Lights: Western Lights has its basis in Pure Land Buddhism, but the author draws on many other traditions, from Christianity to Tibetan Buddhism, to modern science, to help elucidate the ideas and thoughts he seeks to share. Andrew Furst openly discusses many of the thorny questions that spark heated debates […]
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October 18, 2014
The Meaning of Namo Amitofo
This particular teaching has been a staple in my Sangha for a long time. I thought it deserved some special attention again. There are many ways to interpret the mantra Namo Amitofo so that it is useful to our cultivation, no matter our thought-state, emotional- state, or our circumstances. • From deep within my heart I […]
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October 16, 2014
One Minute Meditation – Rushing Through Life
So often I hear people talking about the frenetic pace of life. I catch myself doing it all the time. I’m always busy, busy, busy. No time for this, no time for that. But are we really that busy? According to a May 2014 article in The Atlantic, many of us—perhaps most of us—enjoy downtime that would […]
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October 11, 2014
Thich Nhat Hanh’s 88th Birthday!
I found and thought I’d share this information from Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village about his birthday celebration and how you can participate: We know that the teacher is in the student and the student is in the teacher. We inter-are. Thay continues in all of us and we continue in him. Our greatest gift […]
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October 9, 2014
One Minute Meditation – Buddha Nature
The Bodhisattva Vajradhara is the holder of the diamond-like Buddha nature. He is the primordial Buddha, before thought, concepts, or even religion. Completely natural. At rest on the beach, unplugged, breathing, listening, we are Vajradhara. The rhythms of nature pull away the dusty blankets covering the diamond. Take some moments in the midst of the […]
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October 4, 2014
How Can Someone Believe In God When There Is No Evidence?
As of 2005, approximately 88 percent of the world’s population were said to “believe in God” (Cambridge University). This is down from 96 percent in 2000. In the United States, 95 percent of the population “believe in God.” – Answers.com Belief is what we apply to an idea in hypothesis stage. We believe the sun […]
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October 2, 2014
One Minute Meditation – September Harvest Bees
As the temperature cools and we ease into to autumn, nature’s creatures turn their energy to winter’s preparations. On a gorgeous September weekend, my wife was in the garden and yelled up to the house for me to come see the bees. The garden was covered with these September harvest workers. If you expand the video […]
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