Posted in Humor on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Ah, Zen. Sweet little name. Delightful and austere and hugely, strangely, wildly overexposed subset of lovely Buddhist philosophy and also of course the pseudo-slogan/catchword of a thousand products and attitudes and cliches strewn all over American pop culture, T-shirts to coffee mugs to wall calendars, pretty much the epitome and the poster child [...]
Posted in Readings on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Buddhist Meditation is Relaxing with the Truth,” part 2
by Pema Chodron
Clear Seeing
After we’ve been meditating for a while, it’s common to feel that we are regressing rather then waking up. “Until I started meditating, I was quite settled; now it feels like I’m always restless.” “I never used to feel anger; now it comes up [...]
Posted in Admin on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who don’t receive announcements through our newsgroup, One Dharma’s holiday sitting schedule is as follows: We will not meet on Monday, December 24, or Monday December 31. However, as many of us could probably use a calm refuge during the busy holiday season, we will meet for meditation on Thursday evening, [...]
Posted in Buddhist News on December 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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Japanese Monks Stage Fashion Show
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese monks and nuns hit the catwalk in Tokyo on Saturday in a bid to spread Buddhism among younger people in this rapidly aging society.
The fashion show opened with a Buddhist prayer set to a hip-hop beat at the centuries-old Tsukiji Honganji temple, where nearly 40 [...]
Posted in Buddhist News on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Myanmar deaths higher than U.N. estimate: activists
By Rob Taylor
Reuters
CANBERRA (Reuters) – The death toll from a democracy crackdown
ordered by Myanmar’s ruling junta was much greater than U.N.
estimates and scores of people were still missing, activists just
back from the reclusive country said on Friday.
A delegation of Buddhist witnesses who entered Myanmar posing as
tourists to document the [...]
Posted in Readings on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Buddhist Meditation is Relaxing with the Truth
By Pema Chödrön
It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves as we are that meditation becomes a transformative process. The pith instruction is, Stay. . . stay. . . just stay.
As a species, we should never underestimate our low tolerance for discomfort. To be encouraged to [...]
Posted in Readings on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Do not search for the truth; only cease to cherish opinions. — Sengcan, “Verses on the Faith Mind“
Posted in Events on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One Dharma is planning a one day meditation retreat for early 2008. It will be held on a Saturday at Penuel Ridge Retreat Center near Ashland City. This is a quiet, pastoral retreat site very conducive to meditation practice. This retreat will be open to experienced and beginning meditators. It is an ideal opportunity [...]
