Category: Personal Life

The Big House

I think we both understand the Buddhist concept of attachment. Clinging to the past is one form of attachment; fleeing from it another.

My New Tattoo

The lotus in Buddhism represents the purity and beauty that arises from the mud.

I’m Awake!

So after 69 years, 7 months, and 14 days of life, I found my spiritual home.

Gone Fishin’?

No, I have not literally gone fishin’. In fact, I rank fishing right next to golfing among the things I least like to do. I have never understood why grownups get such satisfaction from outwitting a creature with a brain the size of a fingertip. But gone fishin’ is a phrase in English for taking time…

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Being a Buddha

“If it’s easy, and you know so much about it, are you an enlightened Buddha?”

Rebirth

…rebirth exists in every moment. It’s not just that we have an opportunity to begin anew. We begin anew whether we want to or not.

Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?

We smirk at Trump now, but how can any one of us know when he’ll become a real threat, as McCarthy did? Maybe it’s time to take Trump seriously.

Impermanence & Marathons

Although the self is impermanent and an illusion, there is a something that is mine and consistent. I’ll call it my soul….It’s the essential me that persists through change and just maybe will never be gone from the world.

Indra’s Blogosphere

…the brilliant light of every one of the gems depends on all of the others, and all of the others depend on it.