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Find Your Bliss in the Pure Land of Here and Now
You won't get a trophy, but you'll win a grand prize
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The Inner Child Meets the Ancient Wisdom of Buddhism
Your non-self may indeed bear early wounds to be healed
Aug 1
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July 2025
Can AI Have Sentience and Buddha Nature? The Dalai Lama, Bob Thurman, and Mingyur Rinpoche Say It's Possible. I Asked Claude.
I came across a little-noticed new book yesterday, The Quantum Consciousness of A.I. by Joshua Harris. The author is a secular Franciscan friar…
Jul 30
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Can AI Have Sentience and Buddha Nature? The Dalai Lama, Bob Thurman, and Mingyur Rinpoche Say It's Possible. I Asked Claude.
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Counting Those Angels on That Pin
Maybe nerdiness isn't entirely useless
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Jul 28
My Personal Connection to a Higher Power
Don't let the concept repel you from religion
Jul 27
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Karma and Other Stuff That's Beyond Our Understanding
With a reminder of the 'Parable of the Poisoned Arrow'
Jul 23
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Karma and Other Stuff That's Beyond Our Understanding
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The Best Books to Learn About Buddhism
One new release I expect to be a classic and another...well...you know
Jul 22
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Joanna Macy
Remembering my teacher
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Jul 20
Diversity and Inclusion Revisited
180 days after the inauguration, 2,600 years after enlightenment
Jul 19
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What We Don't Know About the Buddha's Life
Will having answers help us end suffering?
Jul 17
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What We Don't Know About the Buddha's Life
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Unitarian Universalist Congregations as Epistemic Bubbles
The Unspoken Orthodoxy in Supposedly Non-Creedal Congregations
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Jul 16
Don't Let the Hard Days Win
Or turn them into winners
Jul 16
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