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Buddhism and the Genius of Meditation

Buddhism and the Genius of Meditation

Enlightened? No! Buddhist master? No. Buddhist? Working on it. But Buddhist or no, I have been practicing a form of Buddhist meditation, again, for the past month and four days. This is something I’ve been doing (mostly) off and on for the past fifteen years or so. I’m pretty terrible at it. In fact, I composed the gist of this essay while “meditating” this morning. I’ve got a nice spot in an upstairs room in the house I’m renting in…

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Three Attitudes Toward Suffering — Choices, Choices, Choices

Three Attitudes Toward Suffering — Choices, Choices, Choices

If we can be certain of anything, then it is of death (of course) and……not taxes (for one might live where there are no taxes)…..but suffering: death and suffering confront us as part of what it is to be human.  Just as we must eat and drink to live, so too we must suffer and eventually die.  Much may come between birth and death—real love and fulfillment would be “nice”—but two of the most important questions we should ask ourselves…

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