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I’ve got a wager for you. Walk into any Buddhist dharma center across the country.  Sidle up to a pleasant looking stranger.  Compliment their eco-friendly aluminum water bottle to get a conversation started then ask them what started them practicing. I bet that at least half of the time a person will say, “I was…

Hi all, unfortunately our incomparable Ethan Nichtern has the flu (send him your get wells in the comments section) and had to postpone tonight’s beginner Hardcore Dharma class, so my weekly roundup will have to wait.  Instead, I thought I’d re-post my first entry about Hardcore Dharma for everyone who’s just joining us on Beliefnet…

Check out our very own Jerry Kolber, Buddhist filmmaker extraordinaire, interviewed on Cnn.com today. Embedded video from CNN Video

This is pretty great and hilarious:

This is a week of new beginnings for me.  I spent Sunday and Monday keeping an eye on my best friend’s four year old, my godson Sidney, as his wife April was preparing to deliver their second son by home birth.  Monday at 11AM I took Sidney to the park; when I brought him home…

Things have been hard for a lot of people I know lately. My work hours have been cut. Some of my friends have been laid off and others are working really hard just to have a slim chance of a possible job interview. Those who actually have work are holding onto it a day at…

On Monday, April 27, 2009 I closed the NASDAQ – yes, that’s right. Y’all can thank little ol’ me for stopping the American economy’s losses in stocks that day. Why did I get to go to the NASDAQ? Because I’m that important. Or because April was Autism Awareness Month and the school I work at…

What dynamic exists between our logical mind and our intuitive mind?  What practices can we develop to more mindfully navigate our concepts and experience? In this week’s Podcast “Logic vs. Feeling”, Ethan leads a discussion to explore some of these questions.  You can download an mp3 of the podcast here, see a full list of…

Dear All One City Readers, Our blog has officially moved over to Beliefnet! To get there follow: http://onecityblog.com Let’s continue all the great discussions over there! Direct URL is: http://blog.beliefnet.com/onecity/

From the point of view of some more dogmatic teachers, The Buddha gave his students some crazy instructions. Perhaps the craziest one of all was when he taught them how to regard his teachings. He told them to treat his words like they MIGHT be gold, and might not be anything special. Students were instructed…
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