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Brigid

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About Me

I'm just trying to be nobody special.

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I'd like to meet:

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Ajahn Viridammo, Ajahn Sumedho, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron, Thubten Chodron, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Jon Kabat-Zin, Lama Surya Das, Mick Jagger, "my" mind, Keith Richards, Chrissie Hynde, many, many others and ultimate reality.

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My altar

I put up my altar today and I'm pleased with the result. It's just a half moon table with three legs and a small shelf near the bottom that I put up against the wall near my bed. I have my Buddha stat...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:23:00 GMT

USEFUL LINKS TO BUDDHIST SITES

I know the preceding posts on meditation were very long and I appreciate anyone reading them. There's just so much useful information on the topic of meditation and it's so often misunderstood that I ...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:12:00 GMT

THANISSARO BHIKKHU on MEDITATION CONT'D

Meditations: Dhamma Talks by Thanissaro BhikkhuFrom AccessToInsightImagine April 20, 2003 Psychologists have done studies of people who've mastered skills, trying to figure out why some people ar...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:22:00 GMT

THANISSARO BHIKKHU on MEDITATION CONT'D

Meditations: Dhamma Talks by Thanissaro BhikkhuFrom AccessToInsight.orgThe Interactive Present August, 2002 When you try to settle into the present moment, sometimes you find sticks, rocks, and th...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:09:00 GMT

THANISSARO BHIKKHU on MEDITATION CONT'D

Meditations: Dhamma Talks by Thanissaro BhikkhuFrom AccessToInsight.orgWatch What You're Doing  August 19, 2003 "Days and nights fly past, fly past: What am I doing right now?" The Buddha has...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:52:00 GMT

THANISSARO BHIKKHU on MEDITATION

Meditations: Dhamma Talks by Thanissaro BhikkhuFrom AccessToInsight.orgThe How & the Why November 14, 1996 Two important questions you have to answer about meditation are "how?" and "why?" ho...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:38:00 GMT

MEDITATION: PART IV

Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing by Ven. Mahathera Nauyane AriyadhammaFrom AccessToInsight.orgThe Seven Stages of Purification The person who has taken up the practice begins by establishing him...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 04:09:00 GMT

MEDITATION: PART III

Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing by Ven. Mahathera Nauyane AriyadhammaFrom AccessToInsight.orgThe Eight Steps To help practitioners in developing this meditation, the commentators and meditatio...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:49:00 GMT

MEDITATION: PART II

Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing by Ven. Mahathera Nauyane AriyadhammaFrom: AccessToInsight.orgThe Basic Text Let us first examine the meaning of the text expounded by the Buddha on anapana sat...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:38:00 GMT

MEDITATION: PART I

I've been mulling over what to put into this post on meditation because it's the foundation of Buddhism and as such, I have a lot of information on it. Information, however, is useless unless you put...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:57:00 GMT