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The 4 Reminders

Posted on Jun 21st, 2009 by Geertje : Potential Buddha Geertje

Last week, I had the opportunity to be with a loved one and her family while they experienced the death of their mother and wife. It was an incredibly sad but also very courageous and... More »

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Seek, seek! Don't seek, don't seek!

Posted on Jun 18th, 2009 by Ted Biringer : Flatbed Sutra Ted Biringer

A visiting student said, "It seems to me that your teaching is sometimes contradictory. One time you say, ‘There is nothing to seek.' Then, at other times you say, ‘Arouse your determination to cease conceptualization.'... More »

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Roshi Joan, Frank Ostaseski, Richard Freeman, David Riley

Posted on Jun 14th, 2009 by jhalifax : none jhalifax

Jul 10, 2009 — Jul 12, 2009 Exploring Compassion and Fearlessness at the End of Life Frank Ostaseski * Roshi Joan Halifax with special participation by Ann Marie McKelvey, LPCC, MCC (PCC) This retreat is... More »

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Chatral Rinpoche

Posted on Jun 14th, 2009 by Advayananda : Roving Dervish Advayananda

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Obammer* wows 'em in Cairo

Posted on Jun 9th, 2009 by Cinc : Mr. President Cinc

  Introduction: President Blacque Obammer's* speech in Cairo has been highly praised, mostly by people who haven't actually read it. Today, I will analyze some of Obammer's* text. For over three years, my contention has... More »

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two titles for free or in hardcopy

Posted on Jun 6th, 2009 by gary : generalist gary

this is to note and celebrate penguin's publication this week of a new book by me, and in so doing invite forum members who wish to partake for free, thanks to interesting, unforseen turns of... More »

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Padmasambhava

Posted on Jun 5th, 2009 by Advayananda : Roving Dervish Advayananda

Friday, June 05, 2009

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More than a Gentle Nudge

Posted on May 30th, 2009 by Mark Jordan : Acid-Wash Indigo Warrior Mark Jordan

I've been fascinated with Eastern philosophy off and on since I was 18. Shintoism, Taoism, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism. I read "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" and "Peace is Every Step" in my thirties. And when... More »

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Gnostic Consciousness: Knowing With Spiritual Beings

Posted on May 21st, 2009 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

Introduction Despite my resolute sense of the sacred nature of earthly existence, religious belief has yet to strike me as a particularly appropriate form of response to the presence of the holy. Belief is to... More »

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SPIRITUAL IMPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL OF EGO DEVELOPMENT

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Michaelman : Warrior Michaelman

Question :   How does the view of ego development, looking at it from a psychological, social, and evolutionary perspective, having a phylogenetic and ontogenetic history, effect the way we might view ego assuming we... More »

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