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Be Generous – March 13, 2012 Meditation

Be Generous Scientists have, as scientists often do, been studying stuff. Scientists are famous for studying and uncovering things about humans, and life in general. It is always interesting the things they manage to uncover or discover. It is especially interesting when science proves things that Buddhism has been teaching and practicing for thousands of years. Today I am talking about generosity. Researchers studied folks who were generous to others. The study looked specifically at…

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How Long Should I Chant – February 16, 2012 Meditation

How Long Should I Chant – February 16, 2012 Meditation Nichiren born 1222 in Kominato Japan Frequently I am asked how long should I chant? Sometimes this question is asked by folks who may have previously been told that they should chant an hour or more a day, or some other fixed goal to achieve. Consider this: you can scrub a floor as a free person or as a slave. It is fundamentally up to…

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Parinirvana – February 15, 2012 Meditation

Parinirvana – February 15, 2012 Meditation On this day we commemorate the Parinirvana of the Buddha, his final extinction. The actual date of the death of the Buddha is not known and different traditions and countries commemorate this event on different days and with different ceremonies. Though there are differences of custom it isn’t a distinction of which is right or wrong or better, they are just differences. “The time of my extinction is coming.…

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Opposing Ideas – February 14, 2012 Meditation

Opposing Ideas – February 14, 2012 Meditation Today is Valentines Day, the day on which Saint Valentine died. The year of the death is in some dispute with some saying 269, 270, or 273 CE. On this day in the United States, at least, it is traditionally a day devoted to expressing affection to our loved ones. It is interesting that on this same dy years later over 2000 Jews were burned to death or…

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