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Featured Articles: January 2011 Meditation Practice

The Art of Surrender: Even When it Hurts
by taztagore
January 31, 2011
“Each of us must make his own path through life.  There are no self-help manuals, no easy answers.  The journey of life…is not brightly lit and it has no road signs. It is a rocky path through the wilderness.”...
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Daily Art #16 - Christian Marclay's "The Clock"
by Matt Jones
January 29, 2011
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Going From the Inside Out, Instead of the Outside In
by Rachana Suri
January 27, 2011
I have spent the better my life reacting to my life, instead of living my life.  It wasn’t until I started practicing meditation that I even realized most of my decisions were from a reactionary position instead of from my higher self....
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Daily Connect: Is Subway Reading Escapist?
by Patrick Groneman
January 26, 2011
"..books can become merely a means to escape from reality...an excuse for not really making an effort to examine things in detail for oneself."
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Daily Art #15 - Günther Förg's "Ernst Egli, Ankara"
by Matt Jones
January 24, 2011
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Daily Connect: Mindfulness, Buddhism and the 8-Week Brain Change
by Ethan Nichtern
January 24, 2011
(follow Ethan on Facebook or Twitter) A new Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction study coming out based on shows very promising results for changes to brain structure from a simple 8 week course. This is very encouraging - even more so given that...
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Focus on Who I Am, Not on Who I Think I Should Be
by Rachana Suri
January 20, 2011
For the last decade or so I have been trying to get to a place “where I had it all”.   As a woman from this generation I thought “to have it all” all I needed was a husband, a career, a couple of children, and a...
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Boredom and Getting Fed -- Lovely Peanut Greens
by Patrick Groneman
January 19, 2011
"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...
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Daily Art #11 - Seth Price Week #2 - "Die Leguane," 2001
by Matt Jones
January 17, 2011
 
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Mindful Parenting: Raising Buddhist Children
by Ethan Nichtern
January 13, 2011
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...
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Daily Connect: Frozen Yoga and McMindfulness
by Ethan Nichtern
January 12, 2011
Dr. Miles Neale, IDP Psychology Mentor, psychotherapist, and Buddhist teacher recently engaged in this great interview over at Shambhala Sun about "Frozen Yoga and McMindfulness."
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Hold Thy Tongue
by edoardoballerini
January 12, 2011
  Thannissaro Bhikku reminds us, via his own teacher, that “if you can’t control your mouth, you can’t control your mind.” I think he’s right. Nothing holds me back in my practice more than my struggles with...
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Daily Art #7 - Ai Weiwei "Template"
by Matt Jones
January 12, 2011
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Weekly Art #21 - The Last Newspaper | Dash Snow "Untitled"
by Matt Jones
January 11, 2011
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...
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Daily Art #3
by Matt Jones
January 7, 2011
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What Would Sid Do: Abortion and Forgiveness
by Lodro Rinzler
January 7, 2011
  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...
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Come sit w me! Hakuin, Roshi O'Hara, and me at Japan Society tomorrow
by ellen s
January 7, 2011
Japanese Zen scrolls are cool. So is sitting. So is Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara. Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara. Photo © Stillman Brown.
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Daily Art #2
by Matt Jones
January 6, 2011
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
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Getting to know your Pumpkin -- Vegan Curry Risotto Recipe
by Patrick Groneman
January 5, 2011
"Seventy-two labors brought us this food, we should know how it comes to us..."  - From the Soto Zen Meal Gatha
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Art #20 - Goya | Nara
by Matt Jones
January 4, 2011
The Frick has a drawing show up right now that includes some incredible Goya drawings (and his selected predecessors or if you're big Ribera fan there're some incredible Ribera drawings and his selected successors). It closes January 23....
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Daily Connect: Intention is Everything!
by Ethan Nichtern
January 3, 2011
I’ve been off the blogging map for the last few weeks. With a very full schedule ahead, it felt like time to go more inward (without going on formal retreat), to reflect on the year that passed and the year ahead. I spent a lot of time...
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I should be dead by now
by owlmonkey
January 1, 2011
Last year I decided to imagine that I was dying. For the whole year, I held a contemplation that this was it; that I only had this final year, as if I had a terminal condition. Or I tried to hold it, it was incredibly difficult. But I learned a...
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