Buddhism 101: Adult RE class to be offered at First Parish

Brenda will be offering a four-week exploration of Buddhism starting Wednesday, October 19, as part of the First Parish adult religious education program:
On Sunday October 4th, there will be a half-hour meeting after church for a sharing of resources about Buddhism (books, videos, websites, meeting times/places of local Buddhist meditation groups). Following that, for four weeks [...]

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Photos from Ajahn David

Ajahn David offered a couple of photographs for sharing. The first couple are from Ajahn Mangkone’s recent trip to Laos, where he put his civil engineering background to good use by designing and constructing a new kuti (monks’ quarters) at the Wat Ban Thaio monastery.
These photos were taken in April at Songkran, the Thai New [...]

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The Buddha: In his own words Extended!

The extraordinary life of the Buddha assembled from the original texts and performed as a one-man play
Conceived & Performed by Evan Brenner
http://www.thebuddhaplay.com/
EXTENDED!
April 22-25 at the Boston Center For the Arts
Tickets go on sale Tuesday, April 14th at Noon
Playing:
Wednesday, April 22nd 7:30pm
Thursday, April 23rd 7:30pm
Friday, April 24th 8pm
Saturday, April 25th 3pm & 8pm
Good stuff. Lots to [...]

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Practising Anger

I heard an interesting segment about anger on NPR’s “Morning Edition” today. The story is about a woman who, inspired by her own experience, opened a business called The Smash Shack which caters to people seeking a cathartic outlet for their anger and aggression. Modern psychological research, however, seems to suggest that “the more you [...]

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Funny, You Don’t Look a Day Over 10,950

I read a great article in the March 2009 issue of Ode Magazine introducing me to futurist, physicist and author on spirituality, meditation and the human mind, Peter Russell.
The article is a fascinating read, as is Peter’s website. Highlights of particular interest to fellow Buddhist practitioners:
Peter recommends measuring human age in days, not years. [...]

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The Pursuit of Happiness

 
TV host Bill Moyers recently sat down with writer/teacher/activist Parker Palmer for a conversation about “maintaining spiritual wholeness even as the economy and political order seem to come apart.” One quote of Parker’s particularly struck me:
I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy.

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Quotes from the Buddha

I found these quotes from the Buddha at this url: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/buddha.html
I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the quotes, but I found them interesting food for thought. Number 21 puzzles me. Number 39 brought a moment of clarity.  And many of them just confirmed what I think I understand about the teachings.  So for your consideration [...]

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A Journey To Wisdom with Joseph Kappel at Back Bay Yoga

Matt T. kindly brought the following to my attention, if anyone’s in town and interested in attending:
A Journey To Wisdom with Joseph Kappel
Starts Wednesday, February 18
Continues February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25
7:30 to 9pm
$85 for all six sessions
Joseph Kappel lived as a Buddhist monk in the Thai Forest Tradition for 20 years as Venerable [...]

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The Dhamma Brothers — Take Two

This past Friday evening Carrie and I ventured down to the First Parish (UU) Church of Stow and Acton, where the Peace Task Force of their Social Action Committee hosted a screening of the documentary The Dhamma Brothers.
The Dhamma Brothers is truly a must-see film. It tells the story of inmates at the Donaldson Correctional [...]

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Sumi Loundon Kim’s “E-Dharma Dilemma”

With apologies to Rod Meade Sperry, proprietor of the blog The Worst Horse, but some funky HTML code makes the following guest post by Sumi Loundon Kim unreadable on certain Web browsers.
You can try to read the post (and comments) in its original context here. Otherwise, I’ve taken the liberty of re-posting Sumi’s entertaining (and [...]

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