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Dhamma and AI Filmmaking: A Call for Mitta

On the hunt for dhammic video editing mitta; apply here!

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Jhāna-Walla

‘Nuff said.

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Metta To Their Chair

Heard this in a bonzer talk a few days ago. This is it, isn’t it? It’s about, if you’re a closed sort of person, it’s about how do we open up more? Even if I can’t open up to the person, I can open up _in the direction of_ the person. And just that little […]

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Mae West on Rebirth

Single lifetime liberation, yo!

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Play Hard

My kind of meditation instruction. :)

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It’s Probably the Fifth Jhāna

Greetings, Friendlies! Please excuse the radio silence; took myself to the woods for a 25-night personal samadhi/jhāna retreat. For guidance I followed Rob Burbea’s excellent 2019 3-week jhāna retreat at Gaia House. I’ve worked with Bhante Vimalaramsi’s TWIM and Leigh Brasington’s (Ayya Kema’s) techniques; very much enjoyed the spin Burbea brought to the practice. I […]

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The Eleventh Pāramī

During an Insight Dialogue Online session this week, the lovely Susie Clarion quoted someone saying A Sense of Humor might make a nice eleventh pāramī. I vote for Levity. :) PS: If you’re not doing Insight Dialogue yet, why not give it a try? PPS: In my iOS Pāli-English Dictionary, null results for both humor […]

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Especially Buddhism…

Brought to you by the inimitable Mr. Alan Watts. :)

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Incremental Backups

Because the more people coming up with silly Dhamma T-shirts, the better. :) (link)

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Now Get On With It.

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Fake Metta

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Heavily Meditated

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When Philosophy Strikes…

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Teach MBSR!

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If You See the Buddha…

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Make Mindfulness Great Again

MmGAaaaaa! What? To soon?

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I Taught JKZ How to Body Sweep…

I almost laughed out loud when she said this. So saucy, that Christina! :)

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Talk Dhamma to Me

Many thanks to the extraordinary Pilar Puig Cortada for this one. Can you imagine showing up to a retreat and we’re all wearing this? The teachers would be so pleased/horrified. :)

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Kalyāṇa-mitta Wanted

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More Dhamma, Less Drama

Happy 2022, Friendlies! May your New Year be full of the same.

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If It’s Buddhist, It’s Gotta Have a List

Courtesy of our friend, John Peacock.

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Quit Your Cliticizing

No, ladies and gentlemen et. al. That is not a typo. Today my dharma-vocab was upgraded. Thanks to the inimitable Anu Garg at A.Word.A.Day, I now know the verb “cliticize”, which means “To attach or become attached”. From one practitioner to another I beg you: Quit Your Cliticizing.