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- WHEN TOO MUCH TURMOIL PREVAIL OUTSIDE, LOOK FOR PEACE WITHIN, GO INTO COLD MOUNTAIN.
- A YEAR TO FORGET, AND MOVE ON, WHAT FOLLOWS? WE WILL SEE.
- LIFE IS WORTH LIVING DESPITE IT’S HARDSHIPS, AND MEMORIES FROM AN OLD THANKSGIVING MEAL.
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Category Archives: Buddhist Monk
WHEN TOO MUCH TURMOIL PREVAIL OUTSIDE, LOOK FOR PEACE WITHIN, GO INTO COLD MOUNTAIN.
If the wheel of fortune is fickle by nature? The chances of your turn to be loved by it, May arrive at some point. The title of my last post was: A year to forget, and move on, what follows? … Continue reading
Posted in A World in Crisis, Buddhism, Buddhist Monk, China, Consciousness, Crisis, Crisis of Values, Current Affairs, Democracy, Dystopia, Inner Journey, Inspiration, Pandemic, Solitude, Suffering, Uncategorized, Values, World View
Tagged Attitude, Basho, Choose To Be At Peace, Cold Mountain, Han Shan, Hermits, Home A Refuge For Turmoil, Learning To Live With Uncertainty, Things Change
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PRECEPTS AND ENVIRONMENT BY JOHN DAIDO LOORI, JOINING ESPIRITUALITY AND ENVIRONMENT
Love all of God’s creation, the whole of it and every grain of sand. Love every leaf, every ray of God’s light! Love the animals. Love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will soon perceive the divine … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Buddhist Monk, Counsciousness, Environment, Extinction of Species, John Daido Loori, Love of the Beautiful, Spirituality And Environment, The Rights of Nature, Uncategorized, Zen
Tagged Buddhist Precepts, Environment & Spirituality, Environment Responsbility, John Daido Loori, Precepts and Environment, The Ten Grave Precepts, Universal Oneness
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TIBET, THEOCRACY AND POLITICAL DISPUTES, REINCARNATION, AND THE IDEALIZATION OF SHANGRI-LA
The love of ideals, and the love for the men who espouse such ideals, sometimes blind us to the very human passions of those we worship. B. A. Some time in 2007 I found buried in the Paper in page … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Civilizations, Ancient Religions, Buddhist Monk, China, Dalai Lama, Freedom, History, Indigenous Cultures, Myth, Mythology, Politics, Reincarnation, Spirituality, Theocracy, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Uncategorized
Tagged Bodh Gaya, CIA, Dalai Lama, Dharamshala, Feudalism, Hollywood, Kalachakra, Karmapa, Mao Tsetung, Marxist, Mythical Wisdom, Panchen Lama, Politics, Reincarnation, Shangri-La, Tenzin Gyatzo, Theocracy, Theocratic Kingdom, Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, Tulku, Western Plutocracy
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ATHEISM A DEAD END
“O shining Odysseus, never try to console me for dying. I would rather follow the plow as thrall to another man, one with no land allotted to him and not much to live on, than be a king over all … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Buddhist Monk, God, Hades, Philosophy, Spirituality, Subjective
Tagged Atheism, Ayahuasca, Belief, Buddha, Contingent, Existence, Free Will, God, Hades, Heart, Hedonistic, Hitler, Husserl, Iboga, Modernity, Morality, Moses, Necessary Being, Post-Modern Age, Sartre, Stalin, Unbelief, Zen
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