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Dharma Poetry: William Blake
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Paul Griffin
by Paul Griffin I attended a meditation retreat with my teacher Reggie Ray last weekend at the Tibet House in New York City. Reggie Ray is a wonderful and gentle dharma teacher who was a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and a longtime Shambhala stalwart. Reggie’s emphasis is on bodywork meditation–essentially on teaching higher level…
Finding a job, sitting in the woods
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Davee Evans
by Davee Evans What kind of livelihood works best for a contemplative practice? To afford more meditation retreat time, I switched from full time employment to freelancing; and over the last four years my plan has partially succeeded, but it’s been more difficult than I expected and longer retreats have surprisingly been harder to pull…
Why We Meditate: Because Alan Grayson, Kanye West, and Joe Wilson Don’t (Yet?)
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Ethan Nichtern
by Ethan Nichtern On November 6 & 7, the Buddhist-inspired Interdependence Project (which creates this blog for your education and/or amusement) will be hosting our largest fundraiser and event to date in the form of a 24- hour Meditation Marathon in the window displays of ABC Carpet & Home, a wonderful and sustainable store in…
October Quotes: (A Buddhist?) Walt Whitman on a Spiritual America
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Ethan Nichtern
by Ethan Nichtern An October Quote to start the month. Question Number One: What does a Spiritual America look like, and is there a difference between “spiritual” and “religious?” Question Number Two: Was Walt Whitman America’s First Buddhist? Or just a spiritual revolutionary? “Intense and loving comradeship, the personal attachment of [hu]man to [hu]man–which, hard…
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