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Self Verses No-Self – Nyoze Ka – Part II – 19 August 2018
When I was in my final training to be a chaplain one of the supervisors of our unit would occasionally make a point of showing his ignorance of Buddhism by miss-quoting and miss-interpreting a common cliche expression of no-self. He would say things like “I thought you were supposed to be no-self” or such. Which…
Ohigan – September 23, 2012 Meditation
Ohigan TODAY the first day of autumn we celebrate Ohigan. Actually the autumnal equinox occurred during the afternoon yesterday, but today is the first full day of fall. “They had already trained themselves out of their compassion towards others, entered the Way to the wisdom of the Buddha, obtained great wisdom, and reached the Other…
Non Violent Communication – Observation – Video – June 2, 2020
This is the second Dharma Talk in the series of our study of Non Violent Communication, NVC. Today the talk focuses primarily on Observation and how value laden observations are really about self being overlaid onto a particular situation. This view of things from the perspective of self leads to suffering. Subscribe to my blog…
responding to condolences for loss of mother as a…
responding to condolences for loss of mother as a euphemism for death “Oh, we never lost her; we know precisely … amzn.to/1QCbGCW
@VeteransHealth Dissapointed in care received ystr…
@VeteransHealth Dissapointed in care received ystrdy due to ‘staff shortages’ not able to receive full physical exam 1.5 mnth waite
March 10 = International #Awesomeness Day
March 10 = International #Awesomeness Day
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