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Went to a meal offering and impromptu house blessing today, which is sort of a Thai Buddhist tradition where someone invites a monk or a group of monks to accept their daily meal at their house, espe…

There I was during a tea break . . . contemplating how

I'm studying Mahayana Buddhism and, in particular, I'm interested in Tibetan. I like how it retains the 4 noble truths & 8 fold path and yet has a deeply mystical element. A nice mixture of natur…

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Friends:

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I thought this was interesting in light of some of our conversations. It's part of the most recent poll of swing state voters, just completed. It's from the POLITICO-George Washington University Ba…

DId you ever have one of those days where none of this matters? It's a negative mindset day, but really NONE of this matters. No matter the neat insights, no matter how big the realization-and I've h…

This is a long, but completely inspirational article about the lifestyles and diet of a group of people living on the Island of Ikaria in Greece who have extraordinarily long lives ...