Ruminations 1: Impermanent Things Make Me Happy
It is precisely because impermanent, conditioned phenomena are unsatisfying that we are motivated to awaken. Seeing these characteristics clearly becomes the cause of and condition for liberation. Joseph Goldstein, “The … Continue reading
Nepal’s Mountain Bikers Are Getting Aid to Isolated Quake-Hit Villages
Time Magazine / Stefanie Glinski / Kathmandu May 5, 2015 Caleb SpearA mountain bike team member hands out tarpaulin in villages in need of relief after the Nepal earthquake of … Continue reading
The 8th Reasoning of the Chariot
The 8th Reasoning of the Chariot: A Deconstruction of the 7-fold Reasoning of the Chariot by Chandrakirti http://bit.ly/1JoYJro
Workshop with Krishna Das
I bought my ticket today to see Krishna Das in Halifax on Sunday July 19, 2015 at Saint Marys University campus, at the McNally Theatre. I’m going to the Sunday … Continue reading
Nepal earthquake: Satellite Mapping Points to More Aftershocks in Kathmandu
By Kate Higgins Updated about 6 hours ago PHOTO: A Japanese ALOS-2 satellite image of Nepal after the earthquake, overlaid on an image of the region taken in February. The red area … Continue reading
Thai Gov’t to Legislate State-controlled Buddhism, Targets Gay-Trans Monks
[Editor; Wow, this is bad.] http://www.tricycle.com/blog/unholy-alliance Thailand’s military government, which seized control of the country in a coup last May, has taken a special interest in Thai Buddhism and the … Continue reading
Nepalis Make Music to Cheer the People and Raise Awareness
Watch: Nepalese use music to comfort fellow survivors, call out for help As the scale of devastation from last week’s earthquake unfolds, people across Nepal are looking out for each … Continue reading
The Seismology of the Great Quake: Aftershocks for Another 5 Months.
The seismology of the earthquake in Nepal is terrifying: http://www.wired.com/2015/05/satellite-data-tells-us-nepals-brutal-quake/ Another quake/aftershock was reported today by a seismolologist: “An earthquake with magnitude 5.0 occurred near Pokhara, Nepal at 05:35:46.30 UTC on … Continue reading
Nepal: The Shock of the Real
It’s not about Emptiness anymore, people. The earthquake in Nepal signifies the Return of the Real. The Real as in thousand-ton cement walls collapsing and crushing human limbs, spines and … Continue reading
A Light Refreshment Break: David Lynch’s Surreal Promo for Transcendental Meditation
For all you Emptiness/Nondual junkies in Halo-fax: enjoy your direct experience. And to compliment the surreality of David Lynch is the sardonic genius of Chogyam Trungpa: MINDFULNESS IS NOT A … Continue reading
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