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A little bit on kensho…
Over at digitalZENDO, there is an great piece on discussing the elusive experience of insight that Zennists call kensho: Avoiding talking about Kensho, does not make use virtuous or spiritual. Maybe it's the contrary, it perhaps avoiding a direct conversation that...
The Dalai Lama, Mandela, and Gandhi just chillaxin’
Over at the elephant journal, Waylon Lewis shares some smile material with this one: This brilliant, almost-too-subtle (just a line at bottom) ad campaign was created by UNCLE Grey A/S Denmark. It vividly reminds us that in getting up off the couch, in working our...
Forgotten Elephants
And the tragedy continues for the elephants of Thailand: Once the revered symbol of Thai culture, the backbone of industry and the protector of the countrys sovereignty during war, elephants now wander the streets of Bangkok, reduced to providing rides for tourists...
An Excerpt from an Interview with Adyashanti
I have a lot of respect for Adyashanti and his approach to teaching. He's genuine, honest, and has the capacity to creatively turn up the heat on his students. Here's an excerpt from an interview that Tami Simon did: I no longer believe the next thought that I have....
Look at the Tweeple.
Oh, the humanity... Get your twitter mosaic here.
Norman Fischer writes for the NYT’s Happy Days Blog
Last week's NYTimes.com posted a nice piece by Norman Fischer: As most people know, a Zen meditation retreat is not a vacation. Despite the silence and the beauty, despite the respite from the busyness, the experience can be grueling. The meditation practice is...
Five Things Religion-Haters Should Know
Stuart Davis offers us a nice piece of writing that confronts what many might see as fundamental flaws in the Rationalist's arguments against religion. I just finished reading God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens. He's given us another powerful work in the vein of...
Integral Tweets
Got Twitter? The folks over at Integral Life are making a show of things.
Rachel Hiles comments on her twitter reluctance over at Tricycle in a post called A Buddhists Guide to Twitter. As someone slow to embrace the Twitter phenomenon, Ive approached the site with great caution, and perhaps a touch of suspicion. I often wondered if I...
Build a Bigger Brain
Bodhipaksa, over at Wildmind has just posted this fascinating article: People who meditate have bigger brains than those who dont, say researchers at UCLA. Using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of meditators and non-meditators,...