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Last week’s Hardcore Dharma’s early sutta readings about relinquishing desire to attain enlightenment weren’t my favorites.  The idea of not wanting filled me with dread.  The thought that the enlightened response to the loss of a loved one would be unflappable equanimity seemed more android than awakened.  In  last week’s post I wrote that sometimes,…

My sister was on spring break this week and in New York for a couple of days to hang out with her older brother and get a glimpse of my decadent, rococo-esque blogger’s lifestyle. We ate out, got fancy green tea, saw a show at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade theater (the best thing in New…

How to beat a dead horse. First, you must find a dead horse. Frequently these can be obtained at the end of horse races, or alternately by going out to pasture, where old horses are often put in later years. Once said horse is located, you are going to probably want to use some kind…

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