by Infinite Smile | Feb 26, 2009 | Blog
Salon offers up an interesting article this morning questioning the way Madoff’s mind works. I suspect we all wonder what, if anything, Madoff feels when directly confronted by those he has utterly destroyed. He cooked the books and perpetually lied to his...
by Infinite Smile | Feb 16, 2009 | Blog
According to the Denver Post, the Agile Group, headed by longtime Dharma supporter Neal Greenberg, has been rocked by Bernard Madoff’s swindle. This could have dire implications for Shambhala. Another potential victim of Agile’s collapse is Shambhala...
by Infinite Smile | Feb 16, 2009 | Blog
Here’s an interesting post. Dr. Susan Corso offers some advice that sounds like something that could come from The Secret: It’s time to BLESS THE ECONOMY, and quit winging and moaning about how bad it all is. Now don’t misunderstand me. I’m not...
by Infinite Smile | Feb 13, 2009 | Blog
Andrew Sullivan writes of the moving case of John Hari: I linked to Johann Hari’s excellent defense of free speech in the face of religious intimidation here. The piece was eventually published in India – and this is what happened: That night, four...
by Infinite Smile | Feb 12, 2009 | Blog
Great post. I’ve written about this before but it’s always helpful to revisit the issue. What do we do when our spiritual guides don’t quite measure up to our own expectations of them? Can recognizing their limitations actually help free the wisdom...
by Infinite Smile | Feb 12, 2009 | Blog
Wow. I never would have guessed that Tommy Lee would be so concerned with spiders’ rights to “rock out.” I guess incarceration was helpful. TOMMY LEE: I practice Buddhism, and I definitely believe there’s someone higher and greater than all of...