Category: Buddhism

From the Pure Land: New Blog on Vajrayana and Pure Land Buddhism

Mel Harkrader Pine announces a new blog, “From the Pure Land,” on Substack after a hiatus. The Vajrayana practitioner shares insights on Pure Land and afterlife, offering free subscriptions with an option for payment. Posts will cover diverse topics, welcoming all to explore his perspectives. Subscribers are encouraged to engage with the content.

Sermon: Finding Our Way Through the Fog

Originally posted on Truly Open Minds and Hearts:
Sermon by Rev. Rick Davis October 20, 2019 Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane Most of us would probably agree that the bible is a mixed bag, containing as it does passages that are sublime and many that are profoundly disturbing. I do occasionally refer to biblical text…

Re-Blog: The Power of Cultivated Beneficence

Originally posted on Peace Paul's Blog:
In September of 1947 Gandhi undertook a fast to address the violence in Calcutta that had killed thousands. It was only a few months before his assassination. Ghastly communal violence verging on civil war was sweeping across India. On the heels of independence, India was being partitioned into…

What’s Wrong with the American Dream

Originally posted on Truly Open Minds and Hearts:
By Mel Harkrader Pine At the age of 30, I got my first ride on a corporate jet. My companions were the Vice Chairman of the Mobil Corporation Board and our wives. Since we were four passengers on a short flight — New York to Washington —…

A New Year, a Fortune, and a Blue Tattoo

Originally posted on Melting-Pot Dharma:
Melting-Pot Dharma has been in a simmering phase as I took a long road trip over the Christmas holiday and now prepare for my seven-day retreat with Lama Surya Das. While on a break from daily blogging, I wanted to post something for the new year, always a time for…

Re-Blog: Tribes, and How to Get Beyond Them

Originally posted on Truly Open Minds and Hearts:
By Mel Harkrader Pine I made a solo 1,500-mile driving round trip recently, which gave me the opportunity to catch up to some books I had been wanting to read, or in this case listen to. I was surprised, and enlightened, by two that incongruously fit together.…

The Veteran’s Paradox

“I don’t like war. Or killing. Or destroying lives and families and endless property. But I was a voluntary part of it.”