These are things such as books, videos, or articles of interest and which compliment our Buddhist practice. I offer them for your consideration and to be informed.
Today I am offering to you an interesting post, diverging a bit from posting about strictly Buddhist topics. I ran across these images while going through my photos for my upcoming book Contemplating Illness. These are photos that I took when I visited the US National POW Museum in Andersonville, GA back in 2004. Andersonville is in a very remote corner of the state of Georgia and I visited there on the return trip to…
Here is a TED talk given by Mark Mattson on the beneficial effects on the brain by intermittent fasting. It has been shown to be beneficial to seniors and others in preventing age related brain degeneration. The diet he promotes is a 5:2 Diet, that is eat as per normal a healthy meal for five days a week, and then fasting for two days. I hope you find this TED talk interesting and perhaps introducing…
The following is presented via the Clergy Letter Project “Last month I presented a powerfully worded open letter concerning the possibility of creationism intruding into the public science classrooms in Arizona. The letter was sent to Diane Douglas, State Superintendent of Public Instruction for Arizona from Clergy Letter Project member Reverend David Felten. David isPastor at The Fountains, a United Methodist Church, in Fountain Hills, AZ. I’m delighted to be able to report that the…
Thursday’s regular weekly feature, here are a few books I recommend. The books will not always be directly about Buddhism however they will relate to the greater truths found in Buddhism and also to things I’m interested in. Sometimes ideas from my outside reading I use as I process the complex theories we study in Buddhism. Please note that the temple will receive a small percentage of any purchase made from Amazon through the links…
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