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Beach Chair Meditation (Awakening the Buddha Within)
This simple meditation is one of my favorite things from Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World by Lama Surya Das. Beach Chair Meditation Lean … more →
Adventures in Reading
Understanding Goodness
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wrote 1 week ago: Ficus religiosa (Photo credit: Eric Hunt.) “We could all afford to be a little more genuine, a … more →
Listen: To Something New. . .
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wrote 1 month ago: Here is a MP3 that I recently downloaded on Itunes… a little different than the chanting from … more →
Listen Listen! Om Tara. . . .
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wrote 1 month ago: Upaya's Zendo Green Tara Here is a track from Lama Surya Das‘ Chants to Awaken the Buddhist He … more →
Judgmentalism-quote
wrote 1 month ago: External judgmentalism is intimately related with inner judgmentalism, and reflects the internal men … more →
Noble Silence -Lama Surya Das
wrote 2 months ago: Noble Silence -Lama Surya Das “Listening takes place not just through the ears, but with all t … more →
Loss -- Lama Surya Das
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wrote 2 months ago: 365.40 - studying (Photo credit: anathea) Practicing With Loss Loss is a fact of life. Impermanence … more →
How Would You Rate Your 2012 So Far?
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wrote 2 months ago: We are almost a fourth of a way through 2012. Time has been moving quickly hasn’t it? Late Ma … more →
Diamond Like Vision
wrote 2 months ago: - Lama Surya Das, Awakening the Buddha Within “Develop a mind that clings to nothing” is a meditativ … more →
Welcome to Celebrate Your Life!
wrote 2 months ago: Get Ready to Live the Life You Deserve! People travel from all over the world to Chicago to attend C … more →
Learning mindfulness through meditation
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wrote 6 months ago: My first time meditating was such an inspiring and enlightening experience that I had to learn more … more →
Learning mindfulness through meditation
wrote 6 months ago: My first time meditating was such an inspiring and enlightening experience that I had to learn more … more →
When asking for things, be specific, don't leave anything out
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wrote 6 months ago: Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace … more →
Why Buddha is not God, and other myths about Buddhism.
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wrote 6 months ago: This post started out as a way to dispel myths about Buddhism. When I began writing it something els … more →
Understanding yourself
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wrote 6 months ago: In September 1994 I was eighteen I went to Marine boot camp a week later I was sent home honorably d … more →
How to Still Your Mind
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wrote 6 months ago: an excerpt from buddha standard time: awakening to the infinite possibilities of now by lama surya d … more →
Sunday evening cleaning
wrote 9 months ago: WordPress video The daily baths are helping me detox and I often take two baths a day. For menopause … more →
MiNdFuLnEsS MoMeNt
wrote 10 months ago: MiNdFuLnEsS MoMeNt Practice being there while getting there. From Words of Wisdom, by Lama Surya Das … more →
So, What Did I Learn?
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wrote 10 months ago: Reclining Buddha, in Bangkok. Been there, saw him! Image via Wikipedia Hard to believe it’s al … more →
Oh, I Am A Weak-Willed Wretch
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wrote 10 months ago: So, what’s it like to leave behind the everyday trappings of life? Mixed bag. I’ve been … more →
