J. Krishnamurti is a spiritual teacher that I often return to and wrestle with! Here are some past posts on him: Krishnamurti-An Uncompromising Teacher Krishnamurti-Freedom from the Known Krishnamurti Talks About Nature I always come away the better for my encounters with this remarkable teacher, and I always learn new and skillful ways to look […]
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Book Review-Freeing the Angry Mind-a book for angry men
2010/02/03 
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A few years ago in a book store, a book with this title caught my eye: Freeing the Angry Mind—How Men Can Use Mindfulness & Reason to Save Their Lives and Their Relationships by C. Peter Bankart, Ph.D. Wow, a book addressing the specific issues of men around anger! I flipped to the front of […]
Continue reading Buddhism’s Practical Answer to the Problem of Evil-Part 2
2010/01/21 3 Comments
In my previous post, Buddhism’s Practical Answer to the Problem of Evil – Part 1, I focused on how the Buddha’s focus on answering this problem was not philosophical or metaphysical, but practical and existential. Indeed, philosophical and metaphysical beliefs can utterly sidetrack us from seeing the truth of things for ourselves. I also posted […]
Continue readingAt Hell’s Gate—confronting suffering to end violence
2009/11/11 1 Comment
Excerpt from At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace by Claude Anshin Thomas “We all desire happiness—what is good, pleasant, right, permanent, joyful, harmonious, satisfying, and easy. But life often brings frustration, dissatisfaction, incompleteness, and sorrow. It is this suffering that leads to violence against ourselves and against others, and coming to […]
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