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On Wednesday, I mentioned Sam Harris’s blog post about scientists partaking in a group meditation retreat. Later that afternoon, I spied a provocative article by Harris called ‘Taking the Religion Out of Buddhism’ touted on the cover of the March 2006 Shambhala Sun (an incredibly good magazine, by the way). Shambhala Sun’s website doesn’t yet…

Thanks to Bishop Craig Bergland, who wrote this reponse to yesterday’s post about my son, who worries about whether he believes in God, and whether he can be a Jewish Buddhist. Buddhism has been a very significant part of my own journey, and I believe you are completely accurate when you say that a Buddhist…

Thanks so much also to the kind reader who wrote: My son is Jewish-Christian. He was Bar Mitzvah’d at 13 and is being confirmed at 14. But he has also been exposed to all the world’s religions and lives in a house filled with images from all faiths. He looks at Jesus, the Goddesses, and…

“I don’t worry about the right-wingers on AM radio. They are talking to an audience that is stuck in rush-hour traffic, in whom road rage is mounting, and the talk shows divert their rage from the road to the liberal conspiracy against America. Instead of ramming your rear bumper, they get mad at Harry Reid.…

A reader recommended the works and website of Maria Cilley, a.k.a. “Fly Lady,” many weeks ago. Wow. What a reservoir of quirky but sensible advice on how to organize your home for maximum health and effectiveness. While the tips on Fly Lady’s website are not overtly spiritual, Cilley and co-author Leanne Ely make it abundantly…

Here’s a wonderful project: a website that is slowly gathering photographs of all the different Hatha Yoga postures. Some positions aren’t commonly taught and are beautiful to behold.

One of the Chattering boys has been worried that though he is Jewish, he’s no longer sure there’s a God. “I don’t want to be an atheist, and I actually think I might be a Buddhist. I don’t know what to do,” he said recently, appealing to me for direction and help. You may chalk…

Sam Harris, author of “The End of Faith,” has a blog item that’s well worth reading on “The Huffington Post.” It’s about the anguish and the insights gained by a group of scientists during a weeklong silent meditation retreat. Many of the scientists found the experience grueling. Some said it was the hardest week of…

Nothing is weaker than water,But when it attacks something hardOr resistant, then nothing withstands it,And nothing will alter its way.Everyone knows this, that weakness prevailsOver strength and that gentleness conquersThe adamant hindrance of men, but thatNobody demonstrates how it is so. –Sixth century B.C. Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu

If you or your kids missed it, click here, and look for the NBC-Olympics video marked “Zhang Wins Silver After Nasty Fall.” It is one of those poignant Olympic come-from-behind stories for the books. Increasing the intensity of this paired skating competition is the fact that the Chinese coach skated for his country’s team back…
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