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- Kevin Griffin: Recovery Through The Higher Power Of Karma (Category: Features)
- Darren Littlejohn: Buddha In The Bedroom: Why Meditators Are Better Lovers (Category: Features)
- Lewis Richmond: Western Buddhism: The 50 Year Lessons (Category: Features)
- William Horden: The Inner Compass of Being (Category: Features)
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities." The recent New York Times article about the 11th Tradition and anonymity stirred up a lot of controversy. But I think the 12th Tradition is ultimately more important. When you walk into a 12-Step meeting you drop a big part of your identity. Certainly you drop your...
- Year Of The Iron Tiger: Sex Addiction, Celebrity And 12-Step Buddhist Recovery (Category: Features)
- Kevin Griffin: One Blog at a Time: The First Step in Buddhism and AA is Letting Go (Category: Features)
- Kevin Griffin: Recovery Through The Higher Power Of Karma (Category: Features)
In my ongoing effort to find ways to adapt Buddhism to modern American life, I have long been influenced by the example of Vimala-Kirti, the "householder sage" of ancient India (pictured). According to the Vimala-Kirti Sutra ("sutra" means scripture), Vimala-Kirti was a wealthy layperson or householder who was one of the Buddha's leading lay disciples. Even though he was a householder...
- Lewis Richmond: The Buddha's Teachings About The Soul (Category: Features)
- Lewis Richmond: Do Buddhists Believe In God? (Category: Features)
- Lewis Richmond: Buddhist Thoughts on Impermanence, Plutonium and Beauty (Category: Features)
- Lewis Richmond: Elderhood: A Buddhist Approach To Aging Well (Category: Features)
Before Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment he was a confused 20- and 30-something looking to learn how to live a spiritual life. 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? How would he handle stress in the workplace? What Would Sid Do? is devoted to taking an honest look at wha...
- Sharon Glassman: Dear Radio Diary: Behind the Scenes at Boomer Alley Radio (Category: Features)
- Lodro Rinzler: Buddhism and Social Action: How Would Sid Treat the Homeless? (Category: Features)
- Michael Sigman: Meditation or Medication? Or Both? (Category: Features)
- John Stanley: Buddhism And The Fate Of The Species (Category: Features)
A monthly exploration of addiction and recovery through the lens of Buddhism. Read about Step One and Step Two. Step Three: Turning It Over "Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood him." "Turning our will and our lives over to the care of God" is one of the most challenging, and for some, troubling, of the tasks that the Steps suggest. I...
- Kevin Griffin: One Blog at a Time: The First Step in Buddhism and AA is Letting Go (Category: Features)
- Kevin Griffin: Recovery Through The Higher Power Of Karma (Category: Features)
- Year Of The Iron Tiger: Sex Addiction, Celebrity And 12-Step Buddhist Recovery (Category: Features)
A monthly exploration of addiction and recovery through the lens of Buddhism. Step One: Powerless "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol [drugs, food, sex, etc.], that our lives had become unmanageable." People often tell me that they have trouble with the word "powerless" in the first of the 12 Steps. They'll say, "I'm not powerless; there are lots of things I can do. " They thi...
- Kevin Griffin: Recovery Through The Higher Power Of Karma (Category: Features)
- Darren Littlejohn: Buddha In The Bedroom: Why Meditators Are Better Lovers (Category: Features)
- Year Of The Iron Tiger: Sex Addiction, Celebrity And 12-Step Buddhist Recovery (Category: Features)
A decade ago, having recently begun Buddhist meditation practice, I attended a lecture/Q&A with a Tibetan master at a Buddhist center in Hollywood. The warm vibes and the stunning icons and paintings suggested a sacred, healing space. The speaker -- I knew so little at the time, I thought his name was "Sri" -- seemed the embodiment of enlightenment. He described how we can foster spiritua...
- Buddhism's Sacred Places (PHOTOS) (Category: Features)
- Meeting Our Minds: Is Meditation Practical? (Category: Features)
Many people look to Siddhartha Gautama as an example of someone who attained nirvana, a buddha. Every other week in this column we look at what it might be like if Siddhartha were on his spiritual journey today. How would he combine Buddhism and dating? How would he handle stress in the workplace? "What Would Sid Do?" is devoted to taking an honest look at what we as meditators face in th...
- Lodro Rinzler: Buddhism and Activism: How Would Sid Produce Social Change? (Category: Features)
- Sogyal Rinpoche: How Buddhist Meditation Unlocks Our Natural Wisdom and Compassion (Category: Features)
- Lodro Rinzler: Buddhism in the Workplace: What Should I Do If My Boss Is a Bully? (Category: Features)
- Darren Littlejohn: A Buddhist Yogi's Response To Mass Murder (Category: Features)
One need not journey to the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan to discover evil. We have our own home-grown variety of dangerous extremism here in Florida. The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, whose pastor Terry Jones has written a book called Islam is of the Devil, believes he is called by God to defeat non-Christians in general, and Muslims in specific. Terry Jones has...
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The practice of cultivating loving kindness (maitri in Sanskrit and metta in Pali) is a Buddhist approach toward opening one's heart to others. It is very ancient, very simple, very direct and very effective. The heart of the practice is generating four positive wishes for all beings: May you be safe May you be happy May you be healthy May you be at ease We include beings we care for,...
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- Meeting Our Minds: Is Meditation Practical? (Category: Features)
- David Nichtern: Meeting Our Minds: Is Meditation Practical? (Category: Features)
- David Nichtern: How To Meditate Through Strong Emotions (Category: Features)
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