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Taking On Too Much – Podcast – February 21, 2019
Taking On Too Much Simplify your spiritual practice If you enjoyed this podcast please consider making a donation to help spread the Dharma. You may do so by clicking on the PayPal button on either the temple webpage www.myoshoji.org, or on my blog www.ryusho.org/blog. Thank you for your support. Subscribe to my blog post newsletter…
Part II – Disease Two Meanings – August 22, 2018
Disease is a fact of existence. Chih-I considered disease to be of two types. One is real and the other is tentative. We must not be misled by the use of tentative however as being something that only is of short duration or that will simply go a way. Another way of considering tentative is…
Stories – May 29, 2012 Meditation
Stories For some of you who are older you may remember a phrase on one of the popular television show that closed with the line: “There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.” (Naked City) We each, every one of us, has a story just as unique and…
except the time in Japan when the barber insisted…
except the time in Japan when the barber insisted on shaving my eyelids “You haven’t lived until you’ve experienc… goodreads.com/quotes/7457979…
“if you want to get your thumb on the pulse of civ…
“if you want to get your thumb on the pulse of civic life in your community, head over to the barbershop.” goodreads.com/quotes/7457976…
i do miss going to my old neighborhood barber on S…
i do miss going to my old neighborhood barber on Saturday morning, a ritual “Barbers, on the other hand, are inte… goodreads.com/quotes/7457975…
“even Saddam Hussein rocked a pocket square when h…
“even Saddam Hussein rocked a pocket square when he was on trial—a man should never defend his war crimes without… goodreads.com/quotes/7457953…