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May 17, 2008 10:54 AM EDT --   This is the fourth article in a series on "World Religions" for "Spirituality Explorers". Most people have some curiosity about and interest in learning about other religions. . . . more
Blind and Seeking...
by Gree J.
views: 32 | rating: 10 | comments: 11
February 28, 2007 09:41 PM EST -- This week has been a rough one for me. I am new to this community and so a little introduction is warranted. I am a nurse, I work in orthopaedics, managing a large surgical clinic, and my job is a daily . . . more
September 28, 2007 02:15 PM EDT -- "TROOPS occupied key Buddhist monasteries late yesterday to stop Burma's monks from leading more anti-government protests." Hello All, If you're not already aware, the Buddhist monks . . . more
November 09, 2007 10:58 AM EST -- A couple of weeks ago, I was interviewed for the Daily Californian.  It is a great article and I wanted to share it! Faces of Berkeley: Buddhist Works to Escape Homelessness   http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=26674 . . . more
The soul has to go on...
by Clarke M.
views: 59 | rating: 10 | comments: 38
December 02, 2007 02:44 PM EST --  "The soul has to go on loving in the emptiness, or at least to go on wanting to love, though it may only be with an infinitesimal part of itself."  -  Simone Weil   . . . more
July 13, 2008 04:50 PM EDT -- When I was a sophomore in high school, my parents divorced and my mother and I moved to Rapid City, South Dakota to live with my aunt.   The high school there was almost as large as my hometown . . . more
March 16, 2007 10:19 PM EDT -- I was supposed to be getting married.  Spring was around the corner, and instead of walking down the isle like I had planned – like we had planned – I was buying a condo.  It was . . . more
Center of all centers
by Clarke M.
views: 16 | rating: 10 | comments: 3
November 11, 2007 08:04 PM EST -- Buddha in Glory Center of all centers, core of cores, almond, that closes tightly in and sweetens,-- this entire world out to all the stars is your fruit-flesh: we greet you. Look, you feel how . . . more
There are many ways
by Clarke M.
views: 25 | rating: 10 | comments: 6
October 09, 2007 07:36 PM EDT -- “There are many ways to enter the Path, but briefly speaking they are of two sorts only. The one is "Entrance by Reason" and the other "Entrance by Conduct."                                           . . . more
Know Thyself
by Clarke M.
views: 29 | rating: 9.5 | comments: 11
October 10, 2007 02:16 AM EDT -- "Self-study is the means of acquiring a special inner attention which participates in the inner state of connectedness, and also serves for acquiring exact knowledge of conditions leading to higher . . . more
November 09, 2007 12:31 PM EST -- In the middle of a forest a snake saw a monk coming along a path. He went to meet the monk to ask if it was possible for him to take religious vows. After listening to him, the monk said, “Yes, . . . more
February 17, 2008 08:51 AM EST -- The weekly discussion topic for the "Spirituality Explorers" is "RELIGION". How could something that, on the one hand, teaches love and compassion, be on the other hand the . . . more
My first meditation lesson
by Beth T.
views: 20 | rating: 10 | comments: 7
November 07, 2007 01:02 AM EST -- I went to a Buddhist Center tonight for the first time. I've wanted to learn more about mediation for years, but I've been intimidated about what it would be like. I went to a centering prayer . . . more
Meister Eckhart
by Dan S.
views: 19 | rating: 10 | comments: 10
September 19, 2006 06:22 PM EDT -- I've read about him in several dharma-related books (like Suzuki's "Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist" and Thich Nhat Hahn's "Living Buddha, Living Christ"), and the more . . . more
September 25, 2007 11:56 AM EDT -- This has been going on for some time now.  I'm happy to see that it is finally getting some support in the US as well.   Aside from giving the monks and their fellow protesters some . . . more
January 30, 2007 09:41 AM EST -- What I wanted to say was that these moments of clarity where you find yourself realizing truths obvious do not ever end, don't come pre-supplied with detailed plans fully assembled, and no matter . . . more
March 02, 2007 10:33 AM EST -- We can see them now for ourselves moving careful keeping to the shadows on titanium feet and wicked stumps horribly scarred jagged and ugly across former innocent bright eyed faces. Don't try . . . more
July 16, 2008 01:23 PM EDT -- "If the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land. There are not two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies . . . more
How we found the dharma...
by Dan S.
views: 106 | rating: 9.8 | comments: 21
June 11, 2006 05:02 PM EDT -- Linda's post recently about "Books That Changed Your Life" reminded me of this--our group has grown quite a bit since this was originally posted (happy to see that happened!), so I thought . . . more
The Enlightened Snowflake
by Frank B.
views: 19 | rating: 10 | comments: 5
January 25, 2007 12:46 AM EST -- Looking out my door tonight, Into my back yard's golden light, I saw the snowflakes drifting past, And thought that winter's come, at last, Just as I had thought it might. . . . more
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