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Which Style of Meditation is Right?

Thought this was cool... SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY Meditation's variations can frustrate or enlighten To the uninformed observer, meditation looks simple: Sit still, seek inner peace, repeat. But meditation can be practiced in a variety of forms, each of which...

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Fall Weekend Retreat

Come join us... Cultivating Fearlessness October 12-14, 2012  MOUNT MADONNA CENTER This weekend retreat will offer an approach to living in this way. Each day will involve sitting meditation, walking meditation and dharma talks followed by Q&A, as well as practice...

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Dialogs With My Teacher #51

Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning the Summer of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ___ December 14, 2010 Student: Where there is love, there can be no fear,...

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Dialogs With My Teacher #50

Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning the Summer of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ___ December 4, 2010 Student: My teenager keeps asking me what “there is...

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Dialogs With My Teacher #49

Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning the Summer of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ___ November 23, 2010 (#49) Student: It feels like my spiritual path has...

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The Dharma of Getting Dumped

Kristin Luce offers up a great piece on one of life's universal miseries... So here’s the humiliating truth: I was just dumped. I can’t even hate him because he did it so kindly and with such matu Take my advice: Don’t ever get into a relationship with a mature man....

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William Quinn asks the question, "What's an American Buddhist," then offers up a good article that addresses it. The crux of his point is this: North American Buddhists are likely to create their own traditions and schools of thought, but they should do so with the...

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Dialogs With My Teacher #48

Here's another installment in a series of emails that took place between Michael and one of his senior students beginning the Summer of 2009. May you find the exchange interesting and enriching. ___ November 22, 2010 (#48) Student: It seems like the spiritual path...

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