An Excerpt from an Interview with Adyashanti

by | Aug 12, 2009 | Blog

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...

Norman Fischer writes for the NYT’s Happy Days Blog

by | Aug 10, 2009 | 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

by | Aug 9, 2009 | Blog

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...

by | Aug 4, 2009 | Blog

Rachel Hiles comments on her twitter reluctance over at Tricycle in a post called  A Buddhist’s Guide to Twitter. As someone slow to embrace the Twitter phenomenon, I’ve approached the site with great caution, and perhaps a touch of suspicion. I often wondered if I...

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