Dec

22

Dharma in the evening, Metta in the morning

I’m harping on a little, I know, but I’m so blown away by what I have available to me, for my learning pleasure, now that I have this little piece of equipment called a media player. Instead of reading last night I listened to a Dharma talk by Gil Fronsdal about the Four Noble Truths, [...]

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Nov

27

Because it is as it is

Today has been a lesson in patience and looking into the face of chaos and disorder with calm. I didn’t start out calm, but I’ve got calmer as the problem has escalated. It’s an EcoStreet problem. Our hosting company is completely unreliable. And now they’ve pulled the plug on us because we have too much [...]

Oct

17

A tribute to my teachers

Prompted by Peter at Large from The Buddha Diaries, who has initiated an “inspirational teachers” meme, here is my tribute to teachers who have been there for me. I was that much of a reprobate during my school years that I didn’t give any teacher the opportunity to engage with me, even if they had [...]

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