by Infinite Smile | Dec 8, 2008 | Blog
A good stillness practice is like spiritual athleticism, right? Looks that way. At integral praxis, there is a new post about a study showing that meditation opens the gateway to compassion Like athletes or musicians, people who practice meditation can enhance their...
by Infinite Smile | Dec 7, 2008 | Blog
No, I’m not on the list, but that’s OK. I’m not really a Buddhist. That said, these superlative lists always are great at showing established practitioners where their preferences and attachments may hide. I’m sure Waylon will get his share of...
by Infinite Smile | Dec 5, 2008 | Blog
On Michael Paulson’s Articles of Faith Blog, San Francisco’s Archbishop George H. Niederauer’s defense of California’s Proposition 8, outlawing same-sex marriage is paired with its backlash. The only problem is that the video “Proposition...
by Infinite Smile | Dec 5, 2008 | Blog
James Shaheen writes in today’s Tricycle editor’s blog about molecular-biologist cum Tibetan monk, Matthiew Ricard and how he is: … widely admired for his many talents, among them photography. But Ricards life seems best defined by his humanitarian...
by Infinite Smile | Dec 4, 2008 | Blog
Buddhaspace offers us a great quote from Master Xu Yun in today’s post: Step outside of time just once, and all the years you spent in ignorance and suffering recede into vagueness. Theyre only something you seem to remember. Your old small self is gone and all...
by Infinite Smile | Dec 4, 2008 | Blog
In a previous post, I wrote of the dangers of “small self esteem”. Now Shambala Sun Space’s Andrea Miller blogs about her upcoming article: Gen Me as a whole is caught in what she calls the self-esteem trap and its the way weve been raised that...
