Open Thread 48 (free speech for comments)
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Here's a new Open Thread. Remember, off-topic comments should go in an Open
Thread. As noted before, it's good to have comments in a regular blog post
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Gratitude in Buddhism (Thanksgiving)
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The great karmic quality of gratitude in Buddhism; Doug of Doug's Dharma
reminds us that *katannuta* (knowing what has been done for us) is found
througho...
Wat Phra That Pha Son Kaeo
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Jeff Stoltzfus has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Wat Phra That Pha Son Kaeo]
Wikipedia: Wat Pha Sorn Kaew (Thai: meaning: temple on a glass cliff), ...
Trudy Goodman on Kōbun Chino Otogawa
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Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined again by dharma teacher Trudy Goodman,
founder of InsightLA, to share reflections on her beloved teacher, Kōbun
Chino Otoga...
Family constellations
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This month’s podcast features one of those readings where Yi really takes
your breath away: ‘How beneficial would it be for me to join the next
course on f...
Porch Buddha with Shadows
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prima seadiva has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Porch Buddha with Shadows]
October garden journal shots, autumn is peaking and plants are prepping f...
"Now What?"
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(This talk was given November 6, 2024, one day after the election in the
US).
*The “elephant in the room” is that today, slightly more than half of the ...
The Rainbow Road, by Nitya Prem
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Here, Nitya Prem reflects on his exploration of the teachings and methods
of Osho and non-duality teachers, assesses the effects up to now of Osho’s
work, ...
Some of my views on Buddhism and state
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You can watch more than 570 video teachings and discussions at this link,
https://www.youtube.com/@JoshoAdrianCirlea/videos on my YouTube channel.
Nam...
Kids of Varanasi - overland 1987
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Sky-nomad has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Kids of Varanasi - overland 1987]
Varanasi, remains one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cit...
Kids of Varanasi - overland 1987
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Sky-nomad has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Kids of Varanasi - overland 1987]
Varanasi, remains one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cit...
My Old Body - Jisei by Kiba
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My old body:
a drop of dew grown
heavy at the leaf tip
Kiba, 1868
This Jisei, or death poem by the 19th century Japanese poet captures so
poignantly ...
Baekunam|백운암|白雲庵
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When I began my exploration into the lives of Gyeongheo, Mangong, and the
other monks at the core of Korea’s Great Seon Revival, the convince was
that most...
Aging Might Not Be Inevitable
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There are biological underpinnings to aging—and so researchers are
investigating cell manipulations, transfusions of young blood, and chemical
compounds th...
2 new good video Channels
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Om Sai Ram,We are starting to upload videos on youtube Channels. One
youtube channel we have created totally dedicated to Sai Baba We love Sai
YouTube Ch...
Pont U-Bein - Amarapura
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Philippe L PhotoGraphy has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Pont U-Bein - Amarapura]
Le pont d'U Bein est un pont de teck situé sur le lac Taungtha...
RESUME SATSANG
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After about seven weeks of silent retreat, Satang returns Sunday October
22, at noon. Thereafter Satang will happen on subsequent Sundays and
Wednesdays...
عروض زين المسبقة الدفع: كل ما تحتاج معرفته
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أهلاً بك في مقالنا الجديد عن عروض زين المسبقة الدفع: كل ما تحتاج معرفته!
إذا كنت تبحث عن خيارات مرنة ومناسبة لاحتياجاتك في خدمات الاتصالات، فإن شركة
زين تق...
yoga teacher training
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rishikeshashtangayogaschool has added a photo to the pool:
[image: yoga teacher training]
Experience the power of sound healing during our yoga teacher t...
Regrets, we lost Padmum too
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Apologies for the late post, but we suddenly lost Padmum (Padmini
Natarajan), Dad’s younger sister who lived in Bengalooru, on the 1st July
2023.
How to Fall in Love Again
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Love is one of the most powerful emotions that humans can experience. When
we are in love, we feel like nothing can stop us. We feel happy, excited,
and op...
Story of Dhun
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*This dry and dusty piece of 500-acres of land on the outskirts of Jaipur
once hardly had 30 trees on it. But today, the same land has over 120
specie...
RIGHTS--AND WRONGS
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Dear Harry,
I have written to you before of my distress about the political and social
culture of my adoptive country. Imagine, now, a father buying his...
Gambar Striping Keren
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Striping itu adalah sejenis stiker motor untuk variasi dibagian body agar
motornya terlihat keren dan tampilanya lebih berkesan. Bagi Anda yang ingin
men...
The Five Hindrances
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There are five things that hinder your dharma study and your meditative
concentration, stemming from causes and conditions. They are known as the
Five Hi...
Large Buddha Thangka
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TREASURES OF WISDOM has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Large Buddha Thangka]
Thangka Depicting the Past 7 Buddha's. 10ft Long ! Fantastic.
The Hall ...
Der Körper... Blumen welken!
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Ich sehe das auch an mir, der Körper verändert sich sehr stark, und
erinnert mehr und mehr an eine verwelkende Blume. Aber das ist gut so, der
Abschied kan...
60th Year Celebration, Hwangap Speech
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*Hwangap Speech*
*July 16th, 2017*
*by Most Ven. Dr. Wonji Dharma*
Hello, all my old as well as my newer friends. As some of you may know, I
began daily ...
@nomad4ever is on Instagram
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Please follow me on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/nomad4ever Please
follow @nomad4ever on Instagram
The post @nomad4ever is on Instagram first appe...
The Duality of the Nature and Nibbana
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In our living world, when you closely observe you can see that all items /
things / feelings are in pairs.
Let me explain you this further.
Long - Short
Bl...
Sai Baba's age
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*Sai Baba's age controversies*
When Baba’ death was announced as being 7 a.m. on 24/4/2011 aged 84 (in his
85th year), the date was contested by the maker...
Turn on https for a blogger/blogspot blog
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Google allows your blogs to be served over an encrypted connection. This
feature was rolled out long back for blogspot blogs. In order to make use
of thi...
Sevenwinds, Life on the Bookends of the World
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The gate at St. Andrews Golf Club
*Yes, the Sevenwinds blog is still active as of 2021. If you see this
referral page, we are still here after mor...
svetlana
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netfgroumethan1975 has added a photo to the pool:
[image: svetlana]
*svetlana, 21 years, seeking a guy to exchange erotic photos and virtual
communicati...
D. T. Suzuki on Satori II
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*D.T.. Suzuki: One of us is enlightened...*
“*Satori* is not a morbid state of mind, a fit subject for the study of
abnormal psychology. If anything, it ...
Who are you, Human?
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The way we answer this question will determine the purpose and meaning of
our lives. Although it seems the answer is simple, the problem of modern
humans i...
Legend of Pee Jook
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*The most famous kumanthep amulet is called Brother Pee Jook of Wat Suan
Luang temple.*
*History of Pee Jook*
Ang Pee Jook Kuman is a powerful child an...
Burmese Art At The Museum
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Recently I went to see the newest exhibition at the Museum of Asian
Civilizations, ‘Cities and Kings, Ancient Treasures from Myanmar’. The
exhibition is...
Weekend with Lama Tönsang and Denes Andras
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We are warmly inviting you to join us for a teaching weekend with Lama
Tönsang and Denes Andras. There will be teachings by Lama Tönsang and by
Denes throu...
Don’t take it personally…
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The struggles you go through, the injustice and inefficiencies you see
around you, the inconsistencies you find in the character of people, it’s
all part o...
Releasing !!
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———————————————————— concluded after six years of intense work and
Releasing on: Gurupournima Day Tuesday, 19 July 2016 Anurakti Kavya : when
a BuddhiYukta...
Apple Failed to Fix iPhone Teen Lost at Sea
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Apple had asked to unlock the iPhone belonged to one of the teenagers were
missing, Austin Stephanos, which crashed into the sea in July last year.
And, it...
Winning the Shadow – Part II
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"Valuing people's talents."
It seems perfectly useless to deny and remove the Freudian envy, as it will
go on working within the psychic structure and t...
The Power of Solitude
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Dear All, OM ! One of the most essential qualities one must cultivate to be
established in Self (Truth) is solitude. Because Truth reveals in all its
glory...
Railing Pillar With Yakshi
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ArtFan70 has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Railing Pillar With Yakshi]
Unknown artist, 200, Norton Simon Museum, North Arroyo, Pasadena,
California...
इंसान की फितरत देख कर जान लो उसके चक्रो की गति
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इंसान की फितरत देख कर जान लो उसके
चक्रो की गति … जो मोह ,तृष्णा ,भय ,घृणा ,क्रूरता और आलस्य में हो तो जान लो
की मूलधारा,स्वधिस्तान ,मणिपुरम पशुवत् पड़ा है...
Miracles happening around us
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The spiritual energy of the universe is casting their spell onto our lives,
making miracles happen in our lives - daily.
Think back - what miracles has life...
Breath follows breath
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Shakuhachi is a mainstay of my life. It's not a luxury, its a routine part
of my day. Some days it totally sucks. Some days it's pure bliss. Some
day's I...
A series of new videos on Ramana Maharshi
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Last winter I agreed to tell stories of Bhagavan, his teachings and his
devotees while a French-Canadian film maker Henri Jolicoeur filmed me.
After receiv...
"Happiness" on Independent Lens.
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Independent Lens is an excellent PBS program that has often covered
Buddhist topics. I had the opportunity to watch an advanced-screening copy
of the docum...
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/18/2014
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"For an aspiring bodhisattva, the essential practice is to cultivate
maitri, or loving-kindness."
~Pema Chödrön
[image: Bookmark and Share]
*Techn...
Who is a Bhakti saint?
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In order to answer this question, we will first take a look at the simpler
question, “Who is a saint?” and then simply add the element of bhakti to
the ans...
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More than just a fireplace accessory, a good hearth rug can be an essential
part of home safety. But that doesn't meant that you have to sacrifice
style to...
KONSEQUENZDENKEN und so…
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Konsequenzdenken und so… Konsequentes Denken und vor allem das daraus
erwachsende konsequente Handeln ist ein Ausdruck von… Selbstachtung
Selbsttreue Selbs...
Whenever you are present
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Having access to that formless realm is truly liberating. It frees you from
bondage to form and identification with form. It is life in its
undifferentia...
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Hare Krishna,
Please "like" my page "Friends of Lord Krishna" on facebook. Now it has
67000 likes.
www.facebook.com/ht.tally
If you want to be one of the...
The person interested in success
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The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy,
inevitable part of the process of getting to the top. Dr. Joyce Brothers
Or, How I Survived My Midlife Ego Crisis
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Welcome. This is a blog chronicling a four year period from 2006-2009
during which I underwent what is commonly referred to as a midlife crisis.
At that t...
Returning to the Source
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Now that the 'Ferocious Practice' has come to a close, my experiment with a
non-formal and non-traditional practice is at an end. While practice
withou...
Kalil Tree
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Rusty Russ has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Kalil Tree]
Simplified version of the previous post "Refuge Sun Over Kalil Tree". That
one was saturat...
Herman
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Hearing himself laugh might have been enough to ease the excruciating pain
caused by the twitching convulsions that tortured him worse than anything
the an...
Monkey Mind Has Moved to Patheos
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Thank you for visiting. After being hosted happily for some years here at
Blogger I've accepted an offer to join the team at Patheos.
You can link to my Mo...
Ein Riff der Stille
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*„Durch die Versenkung und Meditation kommt dann über den Schüler ein
Gefühl von Sicherheit, Ruhe und Frieden. Nicht ein Frieden, der nur in Ruhe
besteht...
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We're aware of the issue preventing the post editor from loading for some
users. Our team is investigating this right now and we hope to have this
sorted o...
Sprinting to Enlightenment
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I was recently asked why I haven’t done much with the Anti-Guru blog
lately. My answer was, “I think I’ve said everything… at least twice.” I’m
not that in...
Join my page "Friends of Lord Krishna"
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Please join this page. More than 33800 people have joined it and it gets
more than 3 million post views every month. Its a very good opportunity for
outrea...
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Attempts to add a PayPal donate button to the WordPress blog have been
manifestly unsuccessful at WordPress does not support embedded buttons. So,
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Four Ways of Letting Go
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If you must vote in Burma 2010 Election
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For Ecological more reliable women friendly transportation
If you have to vote in Burma 2010 Election, Vote for WWV-String
grapez reverts and retires in a single act
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this blog has been officially retired (as well as reverted back to its
original name and kept online for posterity's sake). all future poetry and
poetics w...
Why is There Something Rather than Nothing?
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The publication of Stephen Hawking's latest book The Grand Design has
stirred some new fire into the old embers of metaphysical speculation.
Specifically, ...
A PEEP INTOTHE WORLD'S BIGGEST POCKET
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The gho {Bhutanese tradit dress for men}ionaldeserves a place in the
Guinness Book of Records for what it can carry.
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"The real you is timeless and beyond birth and death. The body will survive
as long as it is needed. It is not important that it should live long".
Nisarg...
When the student is ready...
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I've been spending a considerable amount of time alone this week. After a
wonderful opening at the Ojai Yoga Crib last weekend, I felt an intense
desire to...
International Day of Non-Violence
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Today is October 2nd, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
(If you don't know who Ghandi is, then I will probably die a little inside)
Also, in honor of the man w...
Bad Buddhist vs. Four Noble Truths—Dukkha
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Dukkha, you win. You have stopped me and my blog in our tracks.
The First Noble Truth, dukkha, is the fact of suffering: that which gives
rise to the feel...
Introduce yourself
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BALIwww.com posted a new topic:
Thank you for sharing/invitation these priceless pictures of the world; it
does not matter where you come from.
It is a p...
Pandurang Shastri Vaijnath Athavale
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Hindu leader, born in Roha, near Mumbai, India. His father was a Brahmin
scholar who founded the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Pathashala, a seat of Vedic
learni...
Daily Dharma
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Today a quote from Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood by
Karen Maezen Miller: Motherhood is a spiritual practice. It is a crash
course in wi...
Friends from across the pond
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What are you doing, Spotty? asked Stripes stifling a yawn and sneezing.
Dusting up! said Spotty, Go back to sleep.
I wasn't sleeping, I was practicing self-...
Syllabus, Winter 2009
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This meditation class is a ten week course. It is recommended that You come
to all of them, as they will build on what was learned the previous week.
This ...
The Dancing Baba and Ananda
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This is an entry I started to work on a few months ago . I never got around
to putting it up because I was eager to trace a photo of the dancing baba I
ca...
resuscitation
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Thanks to the enthusiasm of a few good friends, I have decided to get this
blog going, as a way to colletc my stories about Gesar and me travelling in
Asia...
KARTHIGAI DEEPAM
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KARTHIGAI DEEPAM
Kaarthigai Deepam is a festival of lights, celebrated in the Tamil month of
Kaarthigai. It is celebrated on the full moon day of the Ka...
Everyday stuff
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The author and Pisey, one of the staff from Cafe Fresco on Street 51 & 306
The website and Blog saga continues to trundle along. I haven't been able
to pos...
Kunzum La, Himachal Pradesh, India
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east med wanderer has added a photo to the pool:
[image: Kunzum La, Himachal Pradesh, India]
Buddhist stupas and prayer flags at the pass at 4551 m on th...
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