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Ritual and Music – August 17, 2012 Meditation
The following post was contributed by Brian McGuire a member practicing in Connecticut. Ritual and Music In life, we use rituals and music to achieve well-being and experience meaning. For example, rituals we are taught from childhood include washing our hands, covering our mouth when we sneeze, brushing our teeth, and bathing. A parent will…
Kishimojin – June 8, 2012 Meditation
Kishimojin Kishimojin Day Today we celebrate the day set aside to honor Kishimojin. Perhaps I should give a little background into who exactly Kishimojin is. The story behind this particular figure is told outside the Lotus Sutra, and is part of the mythology of Buddhism. Kishimojin comes from Hariti in Indian mythology. This particular diety…
Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13m – January 27, 2019
The sixth item in the teaching on Cessation is very fascinating to me because it takes a real experience, pain, illness, disease, dis-ease and looks at it from thirty-seven steps, or angles and Chih-I specifically states that this can be done “while you are at your pillow [suffering from disease]. Understand that suffering is not…
How’s your vocab? RU preped w/suitable replacemnts…
How’s your vocab? RU preped w/suitable replacemnts 4 ‘awesome’ B4 game Sun? ““Lot of talky-talk in there, they ha… goodreads.com/quotes/7480144…
Mine do, yours? “Hens were wandering about like la…
Mine do, yours? “Hens were wandering about like ladies at a lyceum tea trying to find their friends before select… goodreads.com/quotes/7480127…
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“Beyond the Steel Door” @melbroder medium.com/padlet-ink/bey… acorrespondence project btwn Norway studnts & prisoners using Padlet