Blog Profile / Buddhist Geeks
| URL : | http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/category/magazine/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Religion / Buddhism | |
| Posts on Regator: | 23 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.2 | |
| Archived Since: | November 5, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
A Difficult Pill: The Problem with Stephen Batchelor and Buddhism’s New Rationalists
Karma is a difficult pill to swallow for many Western students of Buddhism. So, too, is rebirth. And, practically speaking, these two pills are inseparable. It’s hard to see how you can take one without taking the other—at least not without getting undesirable side effects. Both of these metaphysical pills are so difficult to reconcile [...]Show More Summary
Relax, You’re Already Home
“The men of old knew that life comes without warning, and as suddenly goes. They denied none of their natural inclinations, and repressed none of their bodily desires. They never felt the spur of fame. They sauntered through life gathering its pleasures as the impulse moved them.” – Yang Chu (4th century BCE) Every morning, [...]Show More Summary
You Can’t Script Enlightenment: Moving Beyond Magical Thinking
JG: You know, there’s a fair amount of controversy now as people try to sort out the difference between teachings based on reality and those that are the product of the religious imagination from earlier eras. I guess Ken Wilber might say we have moved from a magic/mythic level of development to the modernist, rational [...]Show More Summary
The Yogi Toolbox: “Power tools” for investigating reality
In “Ordinary People Can Get Enlightened” (BG 156) and “Unifying Developmental Enlightenment and Timeless Realization” (BG 157), Kenneth Folk shared his spiritual journey and practical path to enlightenment with Buddhist Geeks listeners. Show More Summary
#bgeeks11
The first ever Buddhist Geeks conference wrapped up last weekend to thunderous applause and what looked like some exhausted yet happy geeks. With two full days of material spread out over three days and TONS of great conversations in-between sessions, this event was a jam-packed exploration of the emerging face(s) of Buddhism. Show More Summary
The #bgeeks11 Round-Up
The first ever Buddhist Geeks conference wrapped up last weekend to thunderous applause and what looked like some exhausted yet happy geeks. With two full days of material spread out over three days and TONS of great conversations in-between sessions, this event was a jam-packed exploration of the emerging face(s) of Buddhism. Show More Summary
Mahamudra Noting
Mahamudra noting combines the beauty and simplicity of Mahamudra with the mightiness of noting. Noting, especially noting aloud with a partner, harnesses the power of the feedback loop, allowing you to stay on track throughout the meditation...Show More Summary
Mahumudra and the Ships in the Harbor
The Ships in the Harbor technique is a way of pointing to “the essential nature of mind.” One of the challenges for beginning and intermediate students is the tendency to fix upon subtle phenomena and try to possess them. The Ships in the Harbor technique uses the act of listening to tease the mind away from this particular pitfall. Show More Summary
The Core Features of Pragmatic Dharma
[This article is part of a currently-in-progress resource for meditation practitioners entitled Pragmatic Dharma : A Digital Guidebook] Pragmatic Dharma is a modern approach to the path of awakening. It pulls from the time-tested teachings...Show More Summary
Rebirth from the Cushion
Rebirth is such a potentially divisive topic, I’m cautious of reviving it. We’ve been privileged to witness on Buddhist Geeks a fascinating exchange between Stephen Batchelor and Charles Tart, representing two eminent poles of this most polarised debate, and also Dennis Hunter’s assessment of ‘Buddhism’s New Rationalists’. Show More Summary
#OPENPRACTICE
Open Practice is a Twitter hashtag and now also a website: www.openpractice.me But what does this mean!? The Community About half way through my first retreat, after spending 3 days right next to the most sublimely annoying cough—well...Show More Summary
Psychological Self vs. No-Self
As a therapist and a meditation teacher, I live a surreal life. At the office I’m helping people to gain greater self-esteem, more positive self-regard, and encouraging them to see themselves as competent, empowered and strong. But when I teach meditation I strongly encourage people to see that the self is an illusion. Show More Summary
Two-Player Meditation
Two-player meditation is a method for two people to actively explore meditative states, experiences, & techniques together. If we take the common structure of many video games as an analogy, one player mode would be the equivalent of what in traditional terms we would call solitary or formal practice. Show More Summary
Buddhist Productivity: Wise Effort meets Wise Flow
A few years ago, when I was helping start my 2nd spiritually oriented start-up company, I got really into various productivity practices and systems. Some of my favorite at the time were Bit Literacy, Getting Things Done (GTD), and the organizational system Holacracy. Show More Summary
Of Nondualism and Cooking for the Homeless
It is a damp, frigid evening in Oregon, the kind that generally makes me pray for the warmth and protection of the homeless people I cook for every Tuesday night at a local church. I worry about them on a regular basis, yet sometimes I think I shouldn’t, as they are a hardy, resourceful, and seemingly resilient lot. Show More Summary
Teaching Reading, Learning Anger
“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” – Charles Bukowski Last May I left my cozy little life in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to start another little life teaching middle school in rural Mississippi. I did not want to go, really, I loved being in Santa Fe, but I was looking for trouble. Show More Summary
Children and Buddhism: An Undesirable Match?
Children and Buddhist practice sometimes seem at odds with each other in North America. Although there is a small percentage of “Dharma Brats” (or children and young adults whose parents converted to Buddhism) who have practiced forShow More Summary
The Mirage of Self
To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net. It is not hard to do so, for the net is full of holes. – Sri Nisargadatta Joel Groover: You were talking about the Chinese story—I think it’s called “Good Luck, Bad Luck”—where...Show More Summary
Buddhist Geeks wins a Blogisattva
Buddhist blogging isn’t exactly mainstream, so we don’t often get much recognition for our geeky and tireless commitment to writing. There is however one fantastic exception to that, the annual Blogisattva awards. The Blogisattva’s recruited a high-caliber group of judges this year, and also got a fantastic graphical face-lift. Show More Summary
The Rise of the Social Meditator
We use a lot of different words to describe meditation. Transformative. Practical. Reflective. Vital. Challenging. Revolutionary. All of these are fine descriptors and of course true in their own way. But right now, at this very moment—the...Show More Summary