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“Even if the whole Universe is all a bunch of jerks doing jerk-type things, there’s still liberation in simply not being a jerk.” – Dogen I love the Brad Warner translation of Dogen. It actually makes him (Dogen) understandable.
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I have decided to go through a Jukai ceremony. Otherwise known as “taking the precepts.” Otherwise known as (according to Wikipedia) the Buddhist Initiation ritual. One person asked if this was like a “come to Jesus” thing. No it isn’t anything like a “come to Jesus” thing. Not even close. I have had one of…
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Ok I’ll admit that I have already failed at being complaint free in the past 24 hours. I have had to start over countless times. I made the unfortunate decision to embark on this adventure the week I did my taxes. So…. yeah. I am not going to beat myself up. This is all part…
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I’ve mentioned before that I am going through the exercises in the book “How to Train a Wild Elephant & other adventures in mindfulness” with my meditating friends. Some of the exercises have been more powerful than others. I wrote about my media fast last year, which was very eye-opening. A few months ago we…
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The other day I finally made it into a popular bookstore in Portland, New Renaissance. It’s a really cool place, full of what some would call “new age” books but others might call spiritual (as opposed to religious). As I was wandering around I had my antennae up and was gauging how different sections of…
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