buddhism
buddhism
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by Copthorne Macdonald - 2007-08-10
The perennial philosophy "nondual" spiritual traditions (such as Nisargadatta's Vedanta, and Tibetan Buddhism's Dzogchen) hold that existence involves a monistic, enduring, unchanging, ABSOLUTE realit...
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by Copthorne Macdonald - 2007-08-14
The perennial philosophy "nondual" spiritual traditions (such as Nisargadatta's Vedanta, and Tibetan Buddhism's Dzogchen) hold that existence involves a monistic, enduring, unchanging, ABSOLUTE ...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-08-22
It was 1981 and my wife and I were living at a monastery in the remote jungles of Northeast Thailand practicing as a Buddhist monk and nun . . . and Janet was having problems stomaching the coar...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-08-23
The spiritual life sometimes begins with unlikely candidates in unlikely situations! Not long after Janet and I made our dash out west in 1978, the bill collectors got serious about my wild spe...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-08-24
Here I was, the "great" Ed Rock, 38 years old and hiding out in a Zen monastery - amazing. I pictured myself having long, metaphysical discussions with Roshi Kennett, the founder of the Abbey who ...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-08-25
So Janet was experiencing new perspectives resulting from meditation practice, but more than that, she was getting some explanations that she sorely needed about life. When Janet and I met, ...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-08-26
In order to ordain as postulants, Janet and I had to prepare in several ways. For one, we had to make our own robes, two of them. Janet had never made her own clothes growing up, but was accustome...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-08-27
Conversation was not encouraged at the Abbey. Actually, it was more or less forbidden. We spent the entire day in silent contemplation, or meditation, talking only when necessary during work perio...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2007-08-31
These very special gateways are usually spurned by just about everybody. When the gateways conspicuously pop up in our lives, as they regularly do, we do back-flips to avoid them. They are distast...
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by Rudolph Draaisma - 2007-09-01
What is happiness? It may sound a stupid question, but in terms of Gautamism (my own term), the answer becomes essential. All religions promise eternal happiness in the Hereafter, in Heaven, where...