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What Brutality Offers Us
I was enjoying a college basketball game on the tube yesterday when a news-ticker appeared across the base of the screen. It said something like "Several Killed in Mass Shooting in Tuscon" only to be followed up with "Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords among those...
Encore Post – Appropriate Responses
This entry comes from the book, Awake in This Life. ____ The Chinese Master Yunmen referred to the most profound Buddhist teachings as simply being "an appropriate response" to the circumstances of our lives. Any time we see egolessness in action, we are looking at an...
Commuter Zen #32
How does differentiation occur in the teacher / student relationship?
Encore Post – One as All and All as One
This entry comes from the book, Awake in This Life. _____ As man moves towards spiritual freedom, he moves also towards oneness. Aurobindo Before a person studies Zen, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; after a first glimpse into the truth of Zen,...
Geeky Meditation
Happy New Year to one and all. Bows, OliviaB.
This Is What Awakening Sounds (and Looks) Like
This 8 month-old is hearing his mother's voice for the first time after a cochlear implant is activated. (Bows, CurrentTV)
Encore Post – Teachers
This entry comes from the book, Awake in This Life. ______ So why is it that so many seemingly enlightened masters get into so much trouble? If someone Awakens, we might imagine that he or she is beyond all of the bad stuff. Unfortunately, this isn't true. I guess the...
Encore Post – No Teachers
This entry comes from the book, Awake in This Life. ______ As we've discussed, no person can enlighten another. Some realized people have a gift for pointing out Truth, but you must realize it for yourself. Whenever we meet another with the fullness of our attention,...
An Oprah Ovation
This ought to be interesting: Her eponymous show may be wrapping up, but Oprah Winfrey isnt one to merely sit on her laurels that is, unless she does so mindfully. Hence, her new Oprah Winfrey Network, which she hopes will bring mindfulness to your cable box. I...
Commuter Zen #31
If they're all about "non-attachment," can Buddhists be political?