by Infinite Smile | Nov 8, 2008 | Blog
This election process has taken a toll on so many around the world. In our sangha, the choices have been at the forefront of several discussions and has ultimately proven itself to be a dharma door for many of Infinite Smile’s members. It’s also a dharma...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 2, 2008 | Blog, Video
The Venerable Robina Courtin offers this talk.
by Infinite Smile | Oct 5, 2008 | Blog
Bill Maher speaks of his newly released film, Religulous: I don’t use the word “atheist” about myself, because I think it mirrors the certitude I’m so opposed to in religion. What I say in the film is that I don’t know. I don’t know...
by Infinite Smile | Oct 4, 2008 | Blog
Barbara O’Brien, over at About.com takes on an interesting practice that is summarily given a pass by many Western practitioners: Buddhist temple in Thailand is offering instant rebirth, for a fee. People line up every day to climb into big, pink coffins. Monks...
by Infinite Smile | Sep 24, 2008 | Blog
In a recent blog post by Andrew Cohen, he rightly asserts a point so often misappropriated in alternative spiritual circles: Consciousness doesnt exist or work in mysterious ways outside of or away from the innermost depths of our individual and collective selves. In...
by Infinite Smile | Sep 21, 2008 | Blog
Deepak Chopra compares Sarah Palin to the shadow of Barak Obama in a recent commentary: Palins pluck has been admired, and her forthrightness, but her real appeal goes deeper. She is the reverse of Barack Obama, in essence his shadow, deriding his idealism and...
