Category: Dharma Talks

Here will be posted Dharma Talks given after services usually given on Sunday’s.

Detachment an Excuse for Indifference? – August 25, 2013 Meditation (With Portuguese Translation)

Portuguese translation appears after English I was asked the other evening if I believed that the concept of Engaged Buddhism was genuinely Buddhist or whether it was some Western idea of charity and good works being applied to Buddhism. I explained to him that I honestly felt that Buddhism at its core is all about social involvement and charity and all the things we now identify as Engaged Buddhist activities. I explained how as Buddhism…

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Hello, thank you for visiting this blog. On average there are 40 to 50 page views per day every day. This has been consistent over the past year while I have been pulled away and unable to post fresh content on a regular basis. Prior to my undertaking chaplain training, when I was posting new content on a regular basis the daily totals were on the order of over 100 – 150 page views a…

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Inner Peace – June 30, 2013 Meditation (With Portuguese Translation)

Portuguese translation appears after English Without looking far we can see examples of disquiet and strife, in our communities, in our nations, and in our world. Yet for all of its abundance it is not what we say we want. There is an overabundance of anxiety and unrest. It isn’t what we say we want and yet it seems to be how we are. Instead of looking around ourselves and saying there is not enough…

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Stories – June 23, 2013 Meditation

In the sixth to eleventh centuries Christian monastics lived out the Bible, even to the extent of acting out the various stories. Educating lay practitioners was of course one reason for this practice. Another was to ensure the story of the Bible lived on. Also another reason was to so fully embrace the teachings of the Bible into the life of the monastic practitioner that he became the book itself; the monk became the Bible.…

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