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With America’s “crazy tree” in full bloom over public discussion of health care reform (and everything else we’re afraid of in a society that is facing it’s biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression), the... More »
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Clipped from my blog: http://www.dharmamonkey.com/wp/?p=652 Every seeker longs for that moment of ultimate realization -- the great ah hah! moment that makes the difficult path worthwhile. After seven years of searching inside and seeking knowledge... More »
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Clipped from my blog, http://www.dharmamonkey.com/wp Much has been said recently of the role of faith and God in the crash of a US Airways flight in the Hudson River . In today's Washington Post religion... More »
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In last Saturday’s Washington Post, Karen Armstrong, a respected expert on comparative theology, reminds us that compassion is the cornerstone of each of the world’s major religions. All the great religious sages insist that compassion... More »
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From New York Times op-ed columnist Roger Cohen comes this look at American politics from a European perspective. My own take: the separation of church and state is a necessity that our nation is sorely... More »
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Clipped from my blog, http://www.dharmamonkey.com The January 2008 edition of Shambhala Sun magazine includes a story on where Buddhists and other spiritual contemplatives fit with the struggle between two extremes: religious fundamentalists and the atheists... More »
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Clipped from my blog, http://www.dharmamonkey.com I spent the weekend with my partner’s parents at the Jersey Shore, and rather than jam ourselves into a shopping mall on Black Friday, we drove down to Cape May,... More »
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Clipped from my blog, http://www.dharmamonkey.com/wp Regular readers of this site will notice I have not updated the book selection in the sidebar in a while, and truth is, I haven’t been reading very much since... More »
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I’ve followed news accounts for several days now about the non-violent protests taking place in Rangoon, the capital city of Burma, which has a long history as a Buddhist nation. Today, more than 100,000 Buddhist... More »
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An interesting statistic from last night’s Real Time with Bill Maher: according to a recent survey, 1 in 5 Americans under the age of 30 don’t believe in God. I found that number to be... More »
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