by Infinite Smile | Jul 15, 2008 | Blog, Video
In this clip, Stephen Colbert asks Lama Surya Das if it would be hard for Barack Obama to convert from a secret Muslim to a Buddhist.
by Infinite Smile | Jul 14, 2008 | Blog
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center’s director, David Zimmerman writes his account of the fire that nearly consumed his temple. Click here to read the full update.
by Infinite Smile | Jul 13, 2008 | Blog
The Tibetan spiritual leader, appearing at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, offered a defense of Islam in response to a question about the rise of violent religious fundamentalism. He added that he has made a point of reaching out to Muslims since the attacks of...
by Infinite Smile | Jul 12, 2008 | Blog
David Deida is very controversial. I often find him to be quite stuck in all sorts of ways. He can be crude, brutal, and at the same time insightful. Take him or leave him, you still might find this audio clip interesting. In it, Deida explains how the three major...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 26, 2008 | Blog, Book: Awake in This Life
Choosing to become intimate with Awareness requires a constancy of both attention and intention. Neither the attention, nor the intention, is a fixed entity, and yet they can easily become attachments if we aren’t careful. On the other hand, if we don’t...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 15, 2008 | Blog, Book: Awake in This Life
As we come off the Mountain of Spirit, we recognize how little about us needs to be defended. This is because we have begun to build lives out of our realization of Emptiness. This Emptiness is the Source of everything. This Source, once again, is totally still and...
