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The Reluctant Buddhist

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Latest Issues

The Separation Is Already There

I’ve been struggling with my practice lately.

Or maybe struggling isn’t quite the right word.

I’m still sitting, studying, and showing up.

But something about the way I’ve been hearing the Dharma lately isn’t reaching me.

Dharma talks....

10 days ago
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4

Cultivating the Field Where You Are

There is a field.

I don’t mean some beautiful field somewhere, or on the beach, where the air is clean, the water is clear and blue, you have snacks and a cold beverage, nobody is bothering you, your phone doesn’t have a signal, and enligh...

a month ago
11

Pay Attention to the Rep

I go to the gym.

I ain’t trying to be Mr. Olympia or something, in my mid 50’s. That ship has sailed, docked, unloaded its cargo, and probably been converted into a waterfront restaurant by now. Actually, that ship never existed…I digress…...

2 months ago
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4

Look Under Your Own Feet

Life is a constant practice of paying attention.

At least, that’s what life has been teaching me.

So much of Buddhist practice seems to involve energy.

Not energy in our imagined sense. I mean the energy we actually experience.

Don’t ge...

2 months ago
7
2

In Relationship With

Sesshin is meant to break you.

Mentally. Physically. It’s fucking challenging. It’s designed to be.

Maybe Sesshin isn’t meant to break you so much as it creates conditions in which some of the things you use to hold yourself together beco...

2 months ago
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8

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