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35 Day Practice Day 31
35 Day Practice Day 31 Read Lotus Sutra M p. 308 beginning of Chapter XXIV “Thereupon Sakyamuni Buddha faced east…(continue to p. 309)…Do not consider that that world is inferior to our!” R p. 363 beginning of Chapter XXIV “At that time Shakyamuni Buddha entered…(continue to p. 364)…it bodhisattvas, or the land there.” Wonderful-Voice Bodhisattva…
No Escape – October 2, 2012 Meditation
No Escape HAVE you ever had a dog mix it up with a skunk? Well, the thing is when a dog and a skunk mix it up the dog probably comes out worse off. No matter what the poor thing does it can’t escape the smell and if it brings into the house you can’t…
Contemplating Disease – Part 7 – Shijo Kingo and Managing Illness – September
In Chih-I’s time, and in fact for most of the time humans have been around until more recent times, the idea of living with long term illness didn’t exist much. You either recovered or you died in most cases. With the advances of modern medicine people are living longer, dying at later ages, and living…
Difficult? Yes, but not impossible
Possessing vs. Being
Religion is it what you are or who you are? Do you possess religion or are you an integral part?
Hiking
June 22, 2010 – today I took the dog for a hike up to the top of Kings Pinnacle at Crowders Mountain State Park in Kings Mountain North Carolina. She and I have been ‘training’ now for several months, going on long walks several times a day. Last week we did the trail at Kings Mountain National Historic site and she and I both enjoyed it, well I guess she did, her tail was wagging…
