Equanimity in the Face of Anxiety During the Election
By Tanya Shaffer How do I speak of this moment? How do I speak to this moment? Hemingway...
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Buddhist Spooky Stories: Understanding and Facing Fear {Part Three}
When I read these stories in the suttas it seems so calm and easy. The Buddha just handles it. However, I do not just handle it as easily.
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Buddhist Spooky Stories: Spirits, Monks and the Metta Sutta {Part Two}
For context, the metta phrases follow a pattern of saying phrases to yourself, to a mentor, to loved ones, to a neutral person and even to challenging people. The phrases are may I be happy, may I be healthy, may you be at ease and so on.
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The Day I Broke Noble Silence (With Andrew Dice Clay)
Yes. I had just quoted the opening line of a dirty 1980s limerick. In a Buddhist silent retreat.
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Buddhist Spooky Stories: How the Buddha Faced Challenges {Part One}
The focus is on the lessons from these stories, how they support us and that basically Buddhism and meditation can really handle a lot more than we sometimes imagine.
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