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Entries Tagged as 'Buddhism'

What is a potential Christian?

May 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

A couple of years ago I wrote a bio that said I was a “practicing Buddhist and a potential Christian.” Partially, I made it up to be funny. With that said, I have a great deal of respect of my Christian roots and honor the Christian faith. Most of my values, thinking patterns, social action, [...]

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Tags: Buddhism · Ojai

Busylessness - Are you too Busy?

April 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I’m exploring the joys of being busy and taking a close look at the commitments in my life. What does it mean to be busy? To have commitments? Is it possible to have to many? I’ve heard Thich Nhat Hanh talk about something called busylessness, or businesslessness, [the correct term is “businessless” invented by Master [...]

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Tags: Buddhism · Family · Library

Sustained Practice and Well Being

April 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Over the past seven years, I have spent many days/nights at Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, but usually it is for a weekend or even just a day. On two occasions our family have spent 3-weeks at the monastery (once at Deer Park and once at Plum Village in France). These times are always nourishing [...]

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Tags: Buddhism · Family

Summer in March

March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

We have been experiencing some warm weather the last few days and the flowers are all blooming. The mountains look great. The sky is blue. And a full moon has greeted us at night. Today was in the upper 80s and we hung out around the pool with family for an Easter lunch. [...]

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Tags: Buddhism · Family · Ojai