Plugging In – June 18, 2012 Meditation

Plugging In With so much electronic equipment that we are dependent upon being plugged in is not just a luxury, for some it is a necessity. Even the equipment that runs on batteries eventually needs to be recharged by plugging into electric current. We even use the phrase to describe how connected we are to various parts of the world surrounding us; we are plugged into social networks, plugged into our email, everywhere we are…

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Community, It’s Not About You – June 17, 2012 Meditation

Community, It’s Not About You In Buddhism, as I am sure you all know quite well, we have the Three Jewels. These three Jewels are the treasure in Buddhism and in our Buddhist lives. Buddha, Dharma, Sangha are these three jewels, without which there could be no Buddhism and without which our Buddhist practice becomes at best difficult.

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Continued Unrelenting Effort – June 16, 2012 Meditation

Continued Unrelenting Effort Every once in a while it is nice to have a relaxing day with nothing to do, no schedule, no alarms, no meeting, just nothing but lounging around reading or watching movies or snacking and napping. For some people those moments never really arrive, it is as if they are a mirage on the shimmering horizon. For others, even when they arrive they aren’t what they imagined they were or they are…

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Water – June 15, 2012 Meditation

Water Suijin, Water Deity Day Water covers the largest amount of surface on the planet earth. It seems to us to be very plentiful, yet in many parts of the world and in the USA there are droughts. I once saw an image that depicted the amount of water on the planet in relation to the total size of the earth. If all the water was gathered into a single drop, compared to the total…

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