A SECOND RENAISSANCE
July 13, 2009
A look at how Buddhist thought contains the seeds for a spiritual life that does not have to battle with modern culture, knowledge and norms.
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IS IT WORKING?
June 5, 2009
Many people ask, "How do I know my meditation is working?" In this piece we describe how each person can approach an answer.
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TO PROSTRATE?
May 15, 2009
This piece is an example of how we examine whether a Buddhist practice common in some cultures is suitable to our own. We conclude that the practice of prostration is one that is sufficiently confusing that we are better served fulfillng its purpose in different ways.
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NO PATH?
May 8, 2009
An illustration of the famous and paradoxical Perfection of Wisdom teachings that train us to see that things are generally not as black and white as they seem.
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THE HERO
April 24, 2009
In Buddhist training, each one of us is like a hero undertaking an inner journey. Here we see how this idea took shape in the early Buddhist idea of the bodhisattva.
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FEELING GROOVY
April 5, 2009
A look at how the mind cycles in habits, or grooves, that are hard to break, and how, if we want to make changes to our experience, we must do something to overcome these grooves.
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YOGA
April 5, 2009
A brief look at how "yoga" describes a drive for completeness, and how Buddhist training is a yoga designed to bring us to this goal.
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