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June 22, 2021 anatta / Bodhicitta / Buddhism / Compassion / Dependent Origination / psychotherapy / tonglen

Bodhicitta in the Time of Asian Hate

I recently published my first piece for Tricycle magazine. To be honest, it’s been nerve-wracking as hell to have it

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June 13, 2021 Buddhism / Reason / Religion / Spirituality

The Wisdom of Unreason or Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater

Once a monk made a request of Joshu. “I have just entered the monastery,” he said. “Please give me instructions,

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June 8, 2021 bodhisattva / Buddhism / Christianity / Jesus of Nazareth / Religion / The Buddha

The Temptations of The Buddha and Jesus of Nazareth as Metaphor

On the night he was enlightened, the Buddha sat under a Bodhi tree and sat in meditation, vowing to stay

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A Guide To Spirituality: Being Versus Doing

I read a wonderful piece in Tricycle magazine today about what a spiritual life looks like. The timing for me

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May 18, 2021 Bodhicitta / brahma-vihara / Buddhism / Compassion / loving kindness / tonglen

Empathy as A Way of Life: Compassion (Karuna), The Second Brahma-Vihara

On to my second post about the Brahma-Viharas. You can read the first one on loving-kindness here. Now I will

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May 11, 2021 brahma-vihara / Buddhism / loving kindness / meditation

How to Be More Loving: Loving Kindness (Metta), The First Brahma-Vihara

The Brahma-Viharas, translated by some as “sublime attitudes,” are the Buddha’s most important teachings of the heart. There are 4

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April 29, 2021 Active Imagination / Buddhism / Carl Jung / chod / meditation / mindfulness / Shadow Self

Carl Jung’s “Active Imagination” and Buddhist Chod Practice

“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid

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April 12, 2021 Bodhicitta / Buddhism / Compassion

Living A Life of Compassion: Thoughts on Bodhicitta

To live without defenses is an impossibility. But still, we must try. All of us are so defended constantly protecting

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April 5, 2021 Buddhism / Greed / meditation / mental health / mindfulness / Spirituality

Desire, Desire, Desire: Observations on Greed, The First Defilement in Buddhism

What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire. The longing for the dance stirs in the buried life.- Stanley Kunitz

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March 20, 2021 anxiety / Buddhism / meditation / mental health / mindfulness / psychotherapy / Shadow Self / Spirituality / tonglen

What Are You Afraid of? The Shadow Self and Using Fear as a Tool For Awakening

“The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at

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March 15, 2021 Alan Watts / Buddhism / meditation / mindfulness / tonglen

Three Meditations to Practice Non-Attachment and Let Go of the Self

The so-called self is a construct of words and memories, of fantasies which have no existence in immediate reality. The

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February 8, 2021 Buddhism / meditation / mental health / mindfulness / Spirituality

5 Things I’ve Learned After Twenty Years of Meditating

I started meditating when I was 21. When I was in Kathmandu, Nepal, I bought a copy of Kathleen McDonald’s

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January 26, 2021 Buddhism / meditation / mindfulness / Spirituality

What Meditation Isn’t: 5 Common Misnomers of the Ancient Practice

So you want to meditate… kudos to you for wanting to improve your mental health and life. When I’ve practiced

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January 11, 2021 Buddhism / mental health / mindfulness / psychotherapy / Spirituality

Why Self- Acceptance and Letting Go Are Essential for Happiness

Our brains are excellent at keeping us alive. They keep all the functions of your body going and running harmoniously.

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December 29, 2020 Buddhism / impermanence / Spirituality

3 Ways to Face Impermanence, Loss and Death

You will die. That much is certain. It is only a question of when. And between your death and now,

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