Good ideas, good causes, good actions, good things
“I shall be able to obtain the golden body of the Buddha because I gave up my arms.” I think of the many golden body Buddhas I witnessed over the years who through their passion not only gave up their arms, their legs, their minds, their lives doing the compassionate acts of caring for the sick. “If my words are true and not false, I shall be able to have my arms restored.” And these…
What I hope will be a 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…
Every day for as long as we live if we are lucky we engage in various activities. Eating, sleeping, personal hygiene, are a few of the basics which occupy our time and attention. Depending upon our age we these basics will be performed differently and will probably look different. If we are old such as myself, hygiene includes trimming hairs from my ears, an activity I did not need to do when I was in…
During the month of January I am not using social media such as Twitter or Facebook except for what feeds into them through my blog and occasional postings of photos on Instagram. I am also not using the web to gather my news, instead relying on radio for that. Email continues, though I won’t be in any rush to check daily or respond rapidly. I am taking this first month of the year to enter…
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