A couple of days ago, I headed out for work a little early, leaving the house at about 7:20AM, needing to be at work by 7:45AM. Due to not getting up early enough, I hadn’t had time to make a pot of coffee, and I don’t do particularly well in the morning without coffee. I [...]
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Chased down by the preacher
I wrote about 8 months ago about some religious discomfort I was experiencing. The discomfort stemmed from me being Buddhist, and my mom being Christian, whom I regularly took (and still take) to church. My last entry on this topic was actually about some of the discomfort being lifted; my mom had shared with the [...]
Some thoughts on mindfulness meditation
As I mentioned recently in my learning edge post, I’ve been listening to a new (to me) podcast, Zencast. It’s about, as you probably guessed, Buddhism. I just yesterday finished listening to a 5 part series, entitled Introduction to Meditation. It’s available here if you’re interested. The series was specifically about mindfulness meditation, simply being [...]
Some more reflections on our Buddhism group
I posted a few days back about the Buddhist group I’m in, and the ups and downs that group has experienced. This is a bit of a continuation of that post, with some random thoughts and comments thrown in for good measure.
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Our group met two evenings ago, on Tuesday, at the conference room of a [...]
Some reflections on starting a Buddhist study and meditation group
I wrote back in December about one of my professors and I starting a Buddhist meditation / study group. I wanted to lay down some of my thoughts about the group, and being a “founding member” / leader of it.
First of all, I’d like to say something to everyone who has started groups, [...]
