buddhism
buddhism
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-09-21
My meditation practice at this time actually instilled some lucidity, and this clarity kept growing until I really could see with new eyes. The increased clarity was slow in developing, however, w...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-09-23
Arguing religion or politics is tantamount to beating ones head against a concrete wall, or so they say, and when I scan the online public posts at the end of controversial articles, I can only ag...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-09-26
Soon, drilling and fracking rigs were running up and down the newly cut-in roads, popping in wells every couple of acres. Janet and I helped where we could, but were more interested in digging up ...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-09-27
Have you ever considered the flower? It doesn't live long, but while it does, it displays itself so beautifully. It doesn't concern itself with tomorrow, or yesterday; only this one precious...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-09-28
If you had a computer, but no internet connection, you would be limited to only what is stored on your hard drive. You could access your documents and compose some stuff, but if you wanted to re...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-09-29
Bangkok was teeming, as we disembarked from our long flight into a wall of heat and humidity, thick with filthy air and the wall-to-wall traffic that was 1981 Thailand. We were carried along hel...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-09-30
We caught the 600-kilometer, overnight milk run into the sparse, destitute countryside of the northeast, making uncountable stops and heading for who knows where. The ancient train clicked and ...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-10-01
An excerpt from Wikipedia.org (Religious Left): "The Christian Left holds that social justice, renunciation of power, humility, forgiveness, and private observation of prayer (as opposed ...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-10-02
These monks at Nanachat had a mystique about them . . . unmistakable, but difficult to explain. They were hardly noticed, so unassuming and restrained, childlike in many ways, and our hearts cou...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-10-03
The contact with the monks at the Zen monastery in California, our experiences with the monks and nuns here in Thailand, and our deepening meditation all had an incredible impact on this phase of ...