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Contemplating Disease – Part 3b – Balance, Harmony, and Whack – August 24, 2018
Chih-I refers to the Four Elements as snakes, he wasn’t the first to do so, yet it is his work we are exploring. An explanation for the metaphor of four snakes can be found in the Suvarnaprabhasa Sutra which offers a parable of a man who fleeing from the two bewildering forms of life and…
Going Slowly – August 2, 2012 Meditation
Going Slowly Imagine this if you will. You are driving down the road and in your car is a very fragile load, let’s say you have a crock-pot full of stew, some trays of food and you are on your way to a potluck supper. You want your items to arrive un-spilled and in good…
Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13b – January 15, 2019
When a child is born it is not normal that we say “Oh, the poor thing is going to die”, we don’t say to the parents, “I so sorry for the eventual death of your child.” Instead we naturally celebrate the life and birth of the child, even though those two previous statements are completely…
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beginning “Sister Maddie sat alone in the library…
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