I love Catherine’s writing style, I love her sense of humor, I love her attitude. Coming from what I’d call her Buddha within, this post from her is a gem. You’ll need to understand first that she’s a young woman with a chronic illness and depends on a tube that attaches to a port in…
Category: Buddhism
In Hospital & Out
I wish I could say that my Buddhist equanimity, developed over decades of practice, kept me from panicking, but I’d be violating the Fourth Precept, the one about false speech.
Solar Energy – Day One
I could tell people that it’s a 9.12 kilowatt system expected to produce 971 kilowatt hours a month, but what does that mean in the real word?
Loving The World We Touch
Originally posted on Peace Paul's Blog:
In today’s media-saturated world, it can feel like we are in perpetual crisis. A full panoply of suffering assaults us on every side – news of murders, wars, disease, famine, environmental destruction, social injustices, etc. Every issue is important and horrifying and overwhelming. Unfortunately, there is little we…
Getting to Know my Mind
Although my visual memory is close to nonexistent, in real time I follow my monkey mind, which responds to what it sees. But I am not my mind just as I am not my body. I don’t need to let a monkey lead me.
Pain and Dukkha
The Buddha said that all of his teachings were about dukkha and the cessation of dukkha. That leaves us with a religion based around single word, whose translation is tricky.
Buddha’s Little Helper?
I felt as though I had reached a new level in my spiritual development — a step closer to Buddha-hood. Despite recent severe pain and despite shoulder surgery scheduled for next week, I was happy.
‘This Body Is Not Me’
So, indeed, this body is not me. It’s nothing like the body that ran three marathons in 1979 and ’80.
Compassion
From my Soto Zen dharma friends at Mind Without Walls. — Mel
On Not Wearing a Watch
So what started as a cultural adaptation became a spiritual one. We Buddhists like to live in the present moment — the here and the now — without fixation on past and future.
Adam, Eve, and Mara
I’ll attempt a Buddhist approach to the biblical story. Let’s call it the Parable of Adam, Eve, and Mara.
What Makes a Buddhist?
I believe people wanting to become Buddhists, or Buddhas, should study his teachings in the light of his own time and culture and draw from them what they need today to awaken and lead satisfactory lives.
Melting-Pot Dharma 