We are trying to create a Buddhist world, an enlightened society, and one of the principal ways of doing that is for each one of us to become sane. Once...
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Creating a Wakeful World
February 14, 2013
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Haiku of the Week
February 13, 2013
the irises—
I break off a stem
and go to my lovehana ayame hitokuki taoshi aini yuku
Kiyoko UdaFrom Love Haiku: Japanese Poems of Yearning, Passion, and Remembrance by Patricia...
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One Intention
February 13, 2013
Whatever you are doing, take the attitude of wanting it directly or indirectly to benefit others. Take the attitude of wanting it to increase your experience of kinship with your...
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A New Perspective on an Ancient Practice: An Interview with Zoketsu Norman Fischer
February 12, 2013
Shambhala: How did you first encounter Zen, and what was your introduction to practice like?
Norman Fischer: I got involved at first through reading—reading and thinking...
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Learning to Rise Like the Sun
February 12, 2013
The Great East has three qualities: it is primordial, eternal, and self-existent. The vajrayana or tantric discipline can also be presented in terms of these three qualities. Here, these characteristics...
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