Do Buddhists Pray?
By John Lee Pendall I was still an innocent Catholic kid when I first slipped into a meditative...
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Author: John Pendall
That Time I Met a Bodhisattva at a Cracker Barrel in God’s Country
John Lee Pendall I live in LaSalle County, Illinois. It’s a land dominated by cows,...
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Why Don’t Zen Teachers Act Like Mr. Miyagi?
By John Lee Pendall We have this image of the prototypical Zen Master. The first requirement...
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Is Buddhism Supposed to be Fun?
By John Lee Pendall With my cellphone recording the video, I spoke with a British accent while...
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Silent Contemplation: Meditation for Thinkers
By John Lee Pendall I’ve always thought of my life as a kind of an experiment. My mind and...
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