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Your Dependent Origination – Podcast – May 7, 2019
Monthly Prayer for Overcoming Illness – Dharma Talk and Video – September 1, 2019
Getting To Know God – August 10, 2012 Meditation
Getting To Know God “A man goes to a monastery and asks the head monk there, Father Frederick, to help him find God. The Father instructs the man to touch his nose every day exactly at ten o’clock in the morning and at three o’clock in the afternoon. He was not to touch it earlier or later, only exactly at the times specified. It turns out the man frequently would remember either too early or…
Wishing – August 9, 2012 Meditation
Wishing “It is the virtue of the child to think in terms of wishes. But the virtue of the grown man is to will.” (Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher) I think it is natural as children to wish for things. When younger, especially very young, things seem to just happen. There is almost always someone doing something to make your life better. Of course this isn’t always the case.
Infinity – August 8, 2012 Meditation
Infinity Universal Infinity Day Today is Universal Infinity Day, in case you are wondering how come imagine laying the number 8 on it’s side, and you get the symbol for infinity. Today is 8/8 so it is double infinity. Thinking about infinity brings up a couple of Buddhist ideas in my head. One is the quality of boundlessness or unlimited. Another is lasting forever with no beginning or end.
Someplace Better – August 7, 2012 Meditation
Someplace Better Summer is the time for vacations and getting away. Weekends can also be such a time. We long for those breaks in our busy lives and work routines, even family routines. Escape, that’s what some are looking for.