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This is Bill's blog about Zen, which is to say, everything. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and children, and two very Zen cats.
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Interview with an agnostic Zen Buddhist
A student friend of a friend was doing research for a comparative religion class, and I was asked if I would represent Zen Buddhism and answer some questions about my practice. I said I didn’t think I was a good … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Emerson, Quotes, Religion, Tao, Thoreau, Watts, Zen
Tagged Zen, agnosticism, Stephen Batchelor, Religion, Buddhism, Tao, Mindfulness, Books, Compassion, Quotes, Meditation, Death, Thoreau, Emerson, family, rebirth
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22 Things Happy People Do Differently
I found this on PositiveWay.me by way of Successify.net after a friend posted it to Facebook. Isn’t social media grand? It’s a great list. I would only add this: “Watch far less TV.” _________________________________________ By Chiara Fucarino There are two types … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Minimalism, Zen
Tagged Compassion, culture, Meditation, Mindfulness, Minimalism
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God is a loaded term
I’m a regular reader of CNN’s Belief Blog. More often than not, the blog’s contributors have refreshing takes on the role of faith in American life. They also don’t shy away from addressing the subject from the point of view … Continue reading
Teenage Wasteland rears it’s ugly head
I was a bit surprised that some chatter about the book “Teenage Wasteland” cropped up in my Facebook feed this morning. I’d hoped this sorry bit of scholarship would have quietly disappeared by now. It had been an attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Compassion
Tagged Bergenfield, Books, Compassion, Death, family, high school, Music
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Politics, religion, and The Great Pumpkin
We were relatively lucky in our confrontation with Sandy: Two days without power and a vent cap torn from the roof. My wife and I work from home, so gasoline is not an issue for now. Far too many people … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Buddhism, Compassion, Democrats, election, hurricane, Jesus, Obama, Religion, Republicans, Romney, Sandy, Thomas Jefferson
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Buddhism without “Buddhism”
I’ve been a fan of TED lectures for years. Yesterday I came across this one by Thandie Newton. I found it quite moving, and at the end, I was struck by the idea that she may have just presented a … Continue reading
Kyron Horman
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Film, Parenting, Quotes
Tagged Buddhism, Compassion, Film, Parenting, Quotes
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Lest we forget
In the First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (12 November 1942), a task force including the USS Barton engaged a much stronger Japanese force. The Barton launched four torpedoes before coming to a full stop to avoid collision with another ship. … Continue reading
Quote of the Moment #5
“There will always be darkness, and sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t the promised land, sometimes it’s just New Jersey. But we do it anyway, together.” ~ Jon Stewart
