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June 2010

June 17, 2010

CIA Salon

That's "Compassion In Action," just to make things clear. A provocative name, perhaps, but neither...

June 16, 2010

Photo Monday: Mountains and Flowers

Yea, I know. It's Wednesday. This weekend, Julie and I made our way up to Holland...

June 11, 2010

Buddhism and Catholicism: a Fundamental Difference?

This week, Nathan at Dangerous Harvests pointed me to an interesting post by an old...

June 10, 2010

Watch. Think. Do.

and

June 10, 2010

Simply. Doing. Good.

On of my faults is that I cannot say 'no'. I even often seek out...

June 07, 2010

Photo Monday: Springtime in Montana

The last two were for a project, "Painting with Light" over at Photography139. The rest,...

June 02, 2010

The Turning 30 Birthday Blog Post

What can I say? I'm 30. I don't feel a day over 27 and I'm...

June 02, 2010

A touch of beauty

I'm still working through Bhikkhu Bodhi's excellent series on the Majjhima Nikāya, so we'll have more...

May 2010

May 30, 2010

Kukkuravatika Sutta: The Dog-duty Ascetic MN 57

Again, drawing from Bhikkhu Bodhi's excellent series on the Majjhima Nikaya, today we take a...

May 25, 2010

How to be a Good Convert Buddhist

My thanks to Adam (of Home Brew Dharma) for pointing me to NellaLou at Smiling Buddhist...

May 24, 2010

The Greater Discourse on the Mass of Suffering

Or, a happier title might be "The Best Feeling in the World" (see below).The wonderful...

May 24, 2010

Steve Jobs is a Buddhist!?? And a tangent on Commodification

Who knew?Well, these guys, apparently:"A college dropout, he traveled to India and returned, according to an...

May 23, 2010

Sutta’s For Lay People

Accesstoinsight, now on facebook, is soliciting ideas for improvement. This is a great opportunity to...

May 23, 2010

Photos: Spring in Montana

The difficulty of spring and early summer in Montana is the abundance of beauty. What's...

May 22, 2010

Batchelor, Ashoka, and other bits from across the web

Stephen Batchelor's Dharma Talks... and SO MUCH MORE. Check out this site and its mountain...

May 20, 2010

A Buddhist Philosopher?

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I...

May 15, 2010

India-bound

It's been busy 'round these parts of late. Added to the demanding life of this...

May 14, 2010

Open Source Buddhism Videos

I stumbled across this today and highly recommend it. Buddhist Karma in 10 minutes or...

May 13, 2010

Live from Phuket!

A friend of mine is in Thailand now on an 8 week B. Alan Wallace...

May 12, 2010

Photos – Out and about in Montana

A view of Helena from Mount Helena.Big clouds from my parents' front yard (that's Mount...

May 12, 2010

He seemed . . . almost . . . Buddhist.

This is the final line in a story about Parvez Ahmed, whose recent appointment to the...

May 08, 2010

Authentic American Buddhism

Elk mount with traditional Tibetan scarf, or khata, from a recent retreat in Wyoming. Very...

May 08, 2010

Perfections

Via Bhikkhu Samahita:Contemplation of the Ten Perfecting Qualities (Dasa Parami):1: May I be generous and always...

May 06, 2010

Slow Down

While enjoying the philosophical thought and discussion of the last post, I also cherish returning...

May 03, 2010

Was the Buddha Guided by Evil?

(5/4/10) Note: this is indeed a bit of an academic exercise (a thought experiment), meant...

April 2010

April 30, 2010

Passivism and Pyrrhonism in Buddhist Ethics

The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is out with the start of it's 2010 offerings now,...

April 29, 2010

Politics: toward a Buddhist immigration policy

I wrote the following back in late 2007. While some things have changed, much has...

April 29, 2010

Returning from retreat or long travels (England, China [Taiwan soon, and then hopefully India]...), and...

April 28, 2010

Teton National Park photos

Here are some more photos from our recent post-retreat camping adventure in Wyoming. A few...

April 26, 2010

The Seven Factors of Awakening

In January I wrote a bit about an adventure in Pāli memorization that I have...

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