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Patriotic Veteran’s Day Quotes: The Buddha on War
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Ethan Nichtern
by Ethan Nichtern I thought this was a good patriotic quote for Veterans Day: For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: Hatred ceases by love alone, this is an eternal law. -The DhammapadaSayings of the Buddha My Thought of the Day: Let’s not forget that while we honor all current and past…
A minute of silence
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Greg Zwahlen
by Greg Zwahlen I don’t mean to take anything away from U.S. war veterans, but I think this quote from Kurt Vonnegut (in Breakfast of Champions) is apt this morning: When I was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh…
Building and safeguarding Buddhism in the West
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Greg Zwahlen
by Greg Zwahlen People study meditation and Buddhism for all sorts of reasons, with varying levels of interest. That said, it seems safe to say that the vast majority have modest aspirations for it, modest levels of interest in it, and modest levels of commitment to it. That’s not a bad thing. It’s wonderful, actually.…
Meditation Marathon: Dealing with Distraction
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Paul Griffin
I sat the graveyard shift at the meditation marathon. The 3 am drunkards definitely served as mara-demon quality distractions. Reminded me of Milarepa meditating in his cave:
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