Category: Religion

Who’s the Boss? You or Your Ideas?

When we see no daylight between ourselves and our opinions and positions, we become dangerous to ourselves and others, to the fabric of our interdependent web of existence.

ReligUUsity — Sermon March 6, 2016

We don’t need to shave our heads, sit in the half-lotus position and wear robes to be appealing to more folks, but we do need to open up about our belief systems – the being as well as the doing – and we need to be more genuinely inclusive.

Don’t Know, Don’t Mind

…at least I am certain about my ignorance, and maybe that’s a good thing. After all, great Buddhist teachers tell us to approach everything with a don’t-know mind.

The Metta Sutra

To me, the Metta (Loving Kindness) Sutra is one of the most beautiful.

Me First, Kids!

It’s widely accepted that few of us have planned adequately for the financial consequences of our lengthy old age, and I’d add that few of us are prepared emotionally and spiritually.

Gods?

…the devas and devis in the Buddha’s culture were beings invisible to humans with finite lifespans, limited powers, and subject to successes and failures. Sometimes I think a better translation would be “superheroes.”

The Killing Field – The New York Times

While the news media get more readers and viewers by covering Donald Trump and massacres of white schoolchildren, almost no one exposes the atrocities in sub-Saharan Africa, where the victims are black.

Inside and Outside

Some think it’s egotistical to believe that God is within us, but I’d say the opposite.

Enlightening Up

…while I’m in that state, I’m enlightened, and the more I’m there, the more enlightened I become.