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Name of Buddha – Part 8 – February 12, 2019
When I am chanting and meditating on the various assemblies we are presented in the Lotus Sutra, I can’t help but linger in the susurration of those assemblies. Are you familiar with the word susurrus? I’m guessing many people are not, it isn’t a frequently heard or used word. It is however a perfect word…
NVC Dharma Talk – Requests Part 2 – December 2, 1018
Today was our second venture into the fourth part of the four part formula of Nonviolent Communication, NVC, Requests. This is hard work as you can witness from the comments and struggles of our Sangha today. Perhaps you too will take advantage of the moments of silence and seriously engage in your own reflections and…
Appreciation; Spiritual Progress – September 9, 2012 Meditation
Appreciation; Spiritual Progress LACK of appreciation starves us of joy and closes us off from learning. If we fail to take notice of the things that make our life possible then we may all too easily think we are the center of the universe and our needs are more important than those of others. The…
On the ground
Cinabon
What are we doing?
Tonight I was chatting with a young man at a gas station convenience store. It turns out that he works there from 5PM – 11PM then goes home for a short while before heading to his next job working at FedEx from 3AM – 8AM. I know he is not that unusual, in the amount of effort he has to put into piecing together several jobs in order to create a “full-time job”. Probably,…
Getting Stsrted
Tonight I created a blog using WordPress. The main reason for doing so was because of compatability with the iPhone. I had resurected my blog on my .me account hosted through Mac, but there is no way to make entries using an iPhone, which is how this entry is being made.