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Supporting materials for Tim's talk. "The Practice of the Sadhana." (May 12, 2008)
Chenrezig Symbolism and Ten Types of Visualization
"Mind, Matter, or God?" from Shambhala Sun, January 2008.
As the so-called new atheists go toe-to-toe with religious literalists, where do Buddhists and other contemplative practitioners stand? Barry Boyce reports on the middle way embracing both reason and the reality beyond it.
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Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Interview with author David Korten On Putting An End To Global Competition
(submitted by Paul P.)
In his newest book, The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community (Berrett-Koehler and Kumarian Press), Korten describes humanity as having arrived at a crossroads (www.greatturning.org). The earth’s carrying capacity is reaching its limit, he says, pushing us to a crisis point. “We either transform our social relationships in the direction of community and partnership,” he writes, “or we continue on a basically suicidal path of social and environmental disintegration.”
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The Sacred Task of Grief
(submitted by Julie Reed)
Joyce Kornblatt begins her article, entitled The Sacred Task of Grief, that appeared in
Winter 2006 edition of Parabola (www.parabola.org), with these words: “Grief is a good teacher.
It arrives with loss and remains faithful until we have absorbed its lessons.”
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