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Why I am not a “Tibetan Buddhist” (anymore)
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Greg Zwahlen
by Greg Zwahlen If you’ve received meditation instruction at a Shambhala center, or at an Insight Meditation Center, a zendo, or the ID project, the very first thing you probably learned was that it is possible to look directly into your own experience, using your breath to stabilize your attention somewhat and as a jumping…
Bill W. and Buddha: Connections Between Meditation and the Twelve Steps of AA
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Ethan Nichtern
by Rosemary McGinn I’ve always wanted to eavesdrop on a conversation between Siddhartha Gautama and Bill Wilson (the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous). I think they’d get along great: Both of these men found paths out of suffering in their own experience and went on to share them with many people. They both struck chords that…
A Kiss Halloween Contemplation! How Dressing Up as Paul Stanley Might Provide Access to Buddha Nature
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Jon Rubinstein
I’m dressing up as Paul Stanley this Halloween. My six year old son Eli’s going as Gene Simmons, and my wife, Amy, as Peter Criss. Our nine year old daughter Lily is going as Hermione Granger. As much as we pleaded, she wasn’t interested in dressing as Ace Frehley. Anyway, I’ve got myself convinced that…
Halloween Quotes: Chogyam Trungpa on Fear and Fearlessness
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Ethan Nichtern
posted by Ethan NichternWhat better time than All-Hallows’-Eve for halloween quotes about fear and fearlessness? What better teacher than Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. Happy Halloween everyone! Go to the places that scare you, homies. (ugly Golden Buddha costume from buycostumes.com – I dare you to wear it) “When you are frightened by something, you have to…
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