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Developing an American Buddhist Laity
by Cambodia4KidsOrg I just finished reading The Accidental Buddhist by Dinty Moore. It was an amusing-looking book I found while poking around Borders at their liquidation sale. The premise is that the...
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Cultural Lies and History
In the course of applying practice to my daily life, I have come to the conclusion it is necessary to be brutally honest with myself. It has also proven to be necessary to consistently question that...
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Be Lazy – Love Unconditionally
Idiom has it that it takes fewer muscles to smile than it does to frown. So, be lazy and smile. It seems to me the same principle is true of love. When someone we love betrays our trust in them, the...
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What is Awake?
As many of you know from my Facebook post last week, my father had a cardiac arrest. The cause was the typical culprit of coronary artery disease. He was exercising and his heart wasn’t getting enough...
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Busyness: What Am I Saving Myself For?
A typical to-do pile One of the better posts to come out of the American Buddhist blog recently was this post about busyness. Whitaker’s discussion centers around an article I also read and...
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A Buddhist Take on “End of History Illusion”
My high school dream car (photo link from cargurus.com) When I was 15 years old, the thing I wanted more than anything was a Trans Am. They were everywhere, with their big golden birds painted across...
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Bodhisattva Fatigue
A few days ago, I read a book review of The World Is Not Ours To Save by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson. It was perception-altering for me. Given it’s the review’s brevity (and of course the fact that I haven’t...
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If Only We’d Known. Then…I Don’t Know
Suicide touches millions of lives in this world. Yet, somehow it’s always a surprise when someone you know commits suicide. You can’t help but think - I should have known. I should have seen it coming....
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Why haven’t I made any posts in months? Blah blah busy blah blah blah work blah blah moving offices blah blah blah…nothing “Buddhist enough” to say. Yes, it’s true. After sixteen years of Buddhist...
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Statins – Boo! I Don’t Wanna!
I’ve been fighting the good fight against genetics and food for a while now. Like many people, I’m struggling with controlling my cholesterol. As you might imagine, I am not a person who likes to...
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