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Buddhist Mindfulness: A Guide for Readers

Buddhist Mindfulness: A Guide for Readers

Buddhist Mindfulness: A Guide for Readers Buddha Statue at Mahabodhi (Bodh Gaya, India) Today the term "mindfulness" has become a buzzword heard everywhere from elementary schools to corporate offices to the military. Generally speaking, when we use the term in secular life, we're referring to the ability to purposefully place our attention on our present [...]
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Flowers | An Excerpt from The Dhammapada

Flowers | An Excerpt from The Dhammapada

A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic Who will master this world And the realms of Yama and the gods? Who will select a well‑taught Dharma teaching, As a skilled person selects a flower? One in training will master this world And the realms of Yama and the gods. One in training will select A [...]
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Judging Books by Their Covers: A Defense

Judging Books by Their Covers: A Defense

by Kate, Production Coordinator/Designer I have a confession to make: I judge books by their covers. And I’m not even sorry about it. I’m baffled by how many amazing books there are in the world that I’ll never have time to read. And there are more being released all the time! It can be so overwhelming [...]
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Buddhism 101 with Rev. Danny Fisher

Buddhism 101 with Rev. Danny Fisher

Rev. Danny Fisher, MDiv, DBS., is a professor and coordinator of the Buddhist Chaplaincy Program at University of the West in Rosemead, California. An ordained Buddhist minister with the Los Angeles Buddhist Union and the Buddhist Sangha Council of Southern California, he is also certified as a mindfulness meditation instructor by Naropa University in association [...]
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