Archive for July, 2008

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In tonight’s talk, Michael discusses the incomplete nature of what he calls small self being. When our orientation is kept down by the fire of our [...]

This was a nice surprise.
On CBS Sunday Morning, Green Gulch Farm was featured as a way to escape. Of course, if you’re really doing the practice, it’s not about escape, but about facing everything and avoiding nothing. (p.201)
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In tonight’s talk, Michael discusses what he calls the “Four A’s” of awareness, acceptance, availability, and authenticity. Living from the Four A’s we free ourselves from [...]

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.

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center’s director, David Zimmerman writes his account of the fire that nearly consumed his temple.
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This link regarding the Dalai Lama and the Karmapa, from AwakeinThisLife.com, is worth a look.
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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 schools of Buddhist thought reflect the [...]

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In tonight’s talk, Michael discusses the ways in which we are blind to what is truly beautiful in ourselves, others, and the world no matter what [...]