Many people look to Siddhartha Gautama as an example of someone who attained nirvana, a buddha. Each week in this column we look at what it might be like if Siddhartha was on his spiritual journey today. How would he combine Buddhism and dating?...
So this is where the staff of IDP plugs it out. We've got big dreams though. Here's the scoop: IDP is looking to finance a community center. Something ours, with community offerings, and affordable yoga and, of course, brilliant...
"Thinking is better than believing." Patrick Groneman sent this quote to me last week with the small commentary, "But what about believing in your thinking?"
With our Building Bridges campaign well underway and moving towards our goal of having enough dineros to move into a new space , I've been thinking about why this is important and what the IDP means to me and to each of us. Why is
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It's an old story. But it's a good story. Because most everything we encounter isn't exactly as it seems. And often when attacked, there's opportunity waiting.
I'm really lucky. I get to teach meditation retreats and go off and hang out with people while they work with their minds and allow their hearts, hardened by the speed of normal everyday life, to slow down and soften. If I had say, $10,000,...
In the Monday night Buddhism and Psychology class we are asking the question “Does East meet West”? Something that comes up a lot is the difference with which each regards narrative.
We are all trying (for ourselves, our clients,...
My Anusara go-to girl and dear friend, Julie Dohrman, is a practitioner who constantly inspires both my meditation and yoga practice. A recent quote from her blog:
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Senior Shambhala Buddhist teacher, musician/composer, father of the year 33 years straight, and futuristically intrigued David Nichtern is this week's Buddhist Geeks interview, which is consistently one...
"If we are to save ourselves from spiritual materialism ... the introduction of boredom and repetitiousness is extremely important. Without it we have no hope." - Trungpa Rinpoche from "The Myth of Freedom...
Many people look to Siddhartha Gautama as an example of someone who attained nirvana, a buddha. Each week in this column we look at what it might be like if Siddhartha was on his spiritual journey today. How would he combine Buddhism and dating?...
This is the first post by Shastri Gayle Van Gils.
I clearly remember the talk Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche gave to us on the importance of raising families. It was the mid-70’s, and having children wasnowhere near the top of my consciousness...
Our purpose is just to keep this practice forever. This practice started from beginningless time, and it will continue into an endless future. Strictly speaking, for a human being there is no other practice than this practice. There is no...
"If you see a Buddhist on the street, get them to leave their religion. They are trying to get us to meditate, meditation is a waste of valuable shopping time."
Ah. Satire in all its Swiftian brilliance!
And if you want IN on the...
I was waiting around for a friend one day and decided to spend the waiting time checking out The Last Newspaper at the New Museum. The show was so-so, and it's over now so you can't see it if you wanted to but you probably didn't b/c...
Many people look to Siddhartha Gautama as an example of someone who attained nirvana, a buddha. Each week in this column we look at what it might be like if Siddhartha was on his spiritual journey today. How would he combine Buddhism and...
Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 – 1890), Rain, 1889. Oil on canvas, 28 7/8 x 36 3/8 inches. Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny, 1986
