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Xaos Lent continues
Posted on April 28, 2009 by tortugo23
I am not a practicing Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Christian, but this lent I decided to do an Eastern Orthodox fast in the timing of the Roman Catholic Lent. Since I live in a Roman Catholic City I decided to ride the momentum and energy of the community; the burger places even have fish specials [...]
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Tibetan monks create mandala for the City Different
Posted on December 26, 2008 by alchemycal monkey
Staci Matlock | The New Mexican
12/13/2008 – 12/14/08
Read full article at http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Santa-Fe-blessing
The monks are constructing a Green Tara mandala. “It has the power to heal those in the economic crisis and also at the individual level,” Phentsok said.
It is a special blessing for everyone in Santa Fe, he added.
The monks making the mandala are [...]
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the sun stands still
Posted on December 22, 2008 by tortugo23
from Upaya Zen Center weekly newsletter
Solstice means “the sun stands still”, a metaphor, to be sure, of what our Buddhist practice is about. Can we stand still, stop, really STOP, during the “holidaze”? Can we embody stillness in the presence of suffering (be it the suffering of war, poverty, or the greed of consumerism [...]
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