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Happenings around Myosho-ji, Wonderful Voice Buddhist Temple

Refuting Untruths Propounded by Clergy Supporting Amendment One

Truth About Claims Made In Support Of Amendment One In a video being circulated by a Pro Amendment 1 group called, Vote For Marriage NC several clergy spokes people appear to offer a rationalization and defense of their position to discriminate against same-sex couples. I watched this video and was struck by not only the blatantly inaccurate claims but also the lack of depth of their argument, which primarily relies on false claims.

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Effective Giving – April 16, 2012 Meditation

Effective Giving The other day a good friend of mine, Rabbi Jonathan F. posted the following on his Twitter feed: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/rabbijonathan/status/190965768651939842″] My apologies to Rabbi Jonathan if this misrepresents the intention of his Tweet How do we approach the idea of giving a gift that considers the other’s actual needs? Within the Lotus Sutra there are five practices that are given to us; keep, read, recite, copy, and expound. Let us consider the practice…

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Why Every Buddhist, Muslim, Jew, non-Christian and Some Christians Should Oppose North Carolina Amendment One on May 8

Why Every Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, non-Christian and Some Christians Should Oppose North Carolina Amendment One on May 8 The supporters of Amendment One’s passage have frequently offered the complaint that their religious freedom is at stake and threatened if this amendment fails, or if by some chance same-sex marriages are allowed, though that isn’t even on the ballet. They would have folks believe that their right to practice and believe what they wish from a…

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Survey Says… – April 15, 2012 Meditation

Survey Says Researchers have shown that by noticing things you are grateful for increases your happiness. In a study done (Emmons, R. A., & McCullough, M. E. (2003). Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2003. 84(2), 377-389) it was shown that people who made a weekly accounting of the things they were grateful for during the week were happier than…

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