A Quick Update
Just a quick update for all my friends (this means you!): It’s been quite busy these past few weeks here in India. Two weeks ago I started at a new Tibetan language school up in McLeod Ganj called Esukhia. The … Continue reading
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Attaining Your Goals
Attaining your goals takes nothing more than patience, diligence and a litte bit of self-respect. ང་སེམས་པ་སྐྱོ་ཡི་འདུག།བོད་སྐད་ཀའ་ལས་ཁག་པོ་འདུག།ང་གཙིག་མང་པོ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་མེད། “I’m feeling sad. Tibetan language is difficult. I don’t know many words…” That’s what I wrote in my journal a few days ago. I … Continue reading
Pure Land
You meet a friend and he takes you down a path you’ve never been on before, down to the market in Dharamsala. You are impatient at first, because the path takes the long way around, but soon you start to … Continue reading
We Reserve The Right To Serve Everyone (Engaged Buddhism And A Policy Of Exchange)
I’m back in the States for a few weeks before heading back to India in June. I’m tooling around Colorado, visiting friends, sneaking up on them when they least expect it. I just popped in to see an old friend … Continue reading
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On My Way: Pilgrimage to India Part 2
In less than twenty-four hours I’ll be on my way to India. I would be lying if I told you that I wasn’t at least a little bit nervous. But this nervousness is really just excitement and a truly joyous … Continue reading
Make Yourself At Home: Spirituality As Birthright
For years I lived in a land of spiritual exile. It was a cold, dark place. In that land I was cut off from the very source of all life and nourishment. I couldn’t breathe there and the gasping was … Continue reading
Buddhism: Do Try This At Home
I once heard Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo say that we have to begin our practice of patience, generosity and loving-kindness with our families. After all, if we can’t be kind to the ones closest to us, how can we expect to … Continue reading
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Tagged generosity, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, loving-kindness, Meditation, paramitas, Patience, practical Buddhism
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Not So Simple
Someone left a comment on an elephant journal post the other day asking if it was better to allow things and people to just be as they are or if we should try to actively help them become “better”. It’s a … Continue reading
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Spend It All
When I write, I try to follow a bit of advice I read a while back. “Spend everything you’ve got,” the guy said. I don’t remember who it was who said this, but it’s stuck with me. What he meant … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiction, Buddhism, Coming Out, gay memoir, homosexuality, inspiration, Recovery
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Writing Away Retreat
Last Wednesday, I headed up to Breckenridge for the annual Writing Away Retreat hosted by the indomitable Cicily Janus. I wasn’t sure what to expect but I can tell you now: If you are a writer, GO TO THIS RETREAT! … Continue reading
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Tagged Breckenridge, Cicliy Janus, Publishing, Writing, writing away retreat
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