Using Fear

By Paul R. Fleischman | 11/23/2022

All people feel fear.
Even the Buddha, before his enlightenment, had to struggle.

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Golden Buddha

By Christine Joly | 11/23/2022

Christine Joly

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Tripod of Life

By Manish Chopra | 11/23/2022

Through years and years of near incessant effort in progressing my life journey on the basis of academic and professional achievement, I had come to the simple-minded conclusion that my ability and focused effort were the sole determinants enabling my life’s outcomes. Applying a Newtonian approach to the life journey, I believed that the force and energy I apply directly and proportionally propel me forward and thus the greater my effort, so shall the output be.

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Removing Fetters

By Luz Donis | 11/23/2022

All arises and passes away
nothing stays the same way,
with this you don’t play
there’s no way to stay.

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Why I serve

By Jeppe Strandskov | 11/23/2022

I have once again returned home after serving on a 10-day Vipassana meditation course. I arrived at the course a few days after it had begun. On this course I was washing dishes. Doing the dishes for 80 students whom you don’t know, without being paid, probably doesn’t sound very appealing. The task also included waking up at 5:30 am to make their breakfast, working closely with other servers whom I likewise didn’t know, cleaning toilets, and a list of other chores that most people wouldn’t ordinarily find very motivating.

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Be Kind

By David Cohen | 11/7/2022

Watching and reading about the extensive damage from hurricane Ian on the southwest coast of Florida, I admire the compassionate people selflessly helping the residents recover. I also can’t help remembering an incident in 2020 when wisdom gained from Dhamma helped me while on vacation on the very pleasant Sanibel Island.

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Contemplating in the Woods

By Patrick Given-Wilson | 11/7/2022

Patrick Given-Wilson

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The Quadrants of Life: Learning, Earning, Returning, Renouncing

By Manish Chopra | 11/6/2022

Let me add a fourth phase to the frequently cited – learning, earning, returning – cycle amongst the entrepreneurial world and also thus connect this analog to a concept popular in defining the optimal lifespan in the traditional context of living a life that comes full circle.

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Renouncing this Gift

By Luz Donis | 11/6/2022

I breathe in I breath out It’s what I have left With all my effort purpose of my stay I surpass obstacles like that of self-importance Lastly I renounce All the pleasures of my existence They never managed to give me a step with

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