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What I find useful in Buddhism

Reader mdejess commented on this post: I have some ideas I would like to test with you. What do you find useful in Buddhism which you do not find or not as useful in Christianity? No, I am not taking … Continue reading

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Skepticism and Buddhism

I consider myself a skeptical person. In the past, I’ve had severe reservations when it came to believing in angels, spirits, ghosts, and other such things. I’ve expected that, when things are thrown up into the air, they come back … Continue reading

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Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World

Title: Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World [amazon] Author: Lama Surya Das Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (June 15, 1998) Pages: 389 Book Number: 6 What’s this 52 Books in 52 Weeks thing about? This is actually … Continue reading

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One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism

Title: One Dharma: The Emerging Western Buddhism [amazon] Author: Joseph Goldstein Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco; Reprint edition (July 8, 2003) Pages: 224 Book Number: 3 This was a fairly quick read which I mostly enjoyed. In it, Joseph Goldstein compares and contrasts … Continue reading

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Starting a Buddhist meditation group

Image by Darin11111 A professor of mine and I started a Buddhist study / meditation group a couple of months ago. We created the group because there weren’t any Buddhist organizations in the area, and we wanted to have some … Continue reading

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