Courage & Compassion
Two minutes ago (at the time I wrote this), I signed the evaluation note of a woman I will be seeing for speech therapy. She is a well-educated woman who, at a not very advanced age, has been...
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Is Buddhism A Religion?
The most common comment I get from people who don’t understand Buddhism goes something like this – “Oh, but Buddhism is a philosophy, not a religion.” Oddly, this statement often comes immediately...
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Is There A Buddhist Response to 9/11?
Ian Britton at FreeFoto.com When I was a kid, I used to calculate the age I would be when the year 2000 came along. It seemed so distant to me in 5th and 6th grade. I could barely imagine what it would...
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Quick! Fear the Sun!
Isn’t television great? There’s so much to contemplate; so much to learn. Take for example the program Deep Space Marvels – Destiny on Discovery Science this evening: “One day the sun will become a...
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“Sand” Mandalas for the Average Buddhist
One of the most beautiful manifestations of Buddhist meditative practices is the creation of mandalas of sand, those elaborate and colorful works of art that once completed are swept away. I have...
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Emptiness in Fear and Death: Pompeii Exhibit
Early this year, I took my younger daughter to the Museum of Science in Boston to see a special exhibit on Pompeii. Though I’ve been fascinated by the story of the buried city since I was a child, I...
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Charnel Ground Practice & Herculaneum
Brookdale Cemetery Dedham: Photo by Fred Levinson I have a habit of wandering graveyards when I’m upset. It calms me and helps put problems in perspective. Life is short and ends too soon for most of...
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What is Awake?
As many of you know from my Facebook post last week, my father had a cardiac arrest. The cause was the typical culprit of coronary artery disease. He was exercising and his heart wasn’t getting enough...
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A Buddhist Take on “End of History Illusion”
My high school dream car (photo link from cargurus.com) When I was 15 years old, the thing I wanted more than anything was a Trans Am. They were everywhere, with their big golden birds painted across...
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Bodhisattva Fatigue
A few days ago, I read a book review of The World Is Not Ours To Save by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson. It was perception-altering for me. Given it’s the review’s brevity (and of course the fact that I haven’t...
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New Year; New Hope
Well, the past year plus has really kicked my butt. So, many things took a back seat to the chaos – including blogging (which is a shame because I love it). Most of this chaos was work-related. In...
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If Only We’d Known. Then…I Don’t Know
Suicide touches millions of lives in this world. Yet, somehow it’s always a surprise when someone you know commits suicide. You can’t help but think - I should have known. I should have seen it coming....
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Why haven’t I made any posts in months? Blah blah busy blah blah blah work blah blah moving offices blah blah blah…nothing “Buddhist enough” to say. Yes, it’s true. After sixteen years of Buddhist...
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Tatsie
I just finished reading “Look Me In The Eye”, which is the story of a man with Asperger’s Syndrome, who didn’t know it until he was 40. Near the end, the author discussed the way in which he was able...
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Statins – Boo! I Don’t Wanna!
I’ve been fighting the good fight against genetics and food for a while now. Like many people, I’m struggling with controlling my cholesterol. As you might imagine, I am not a person who likes to...
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My Kind of Buddhist
Earlier today I was talking about blogging with a client of mine. Now that he knows about Average Buddhist, he may be reading this right now – Hi! In the natural course of the conversation, he asked if...
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