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	<title>Buddhist Geeks &#187; Magazine</title>
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	<description>Discover the Emerging Face(s) of Buddhism</description>
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		<title>#bgeeks11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Gunatillake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mahamudra Noting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 session; less time spent in drifting or mind wandering results in more efficient use of precious cushion time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mahumudra and the Ships in the Harbor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Core Features of Pragmatic Dharma</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/06/the-core-features-of-pragmatic-dharma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent Horn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[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 and practices of the Buddhist tradition, but is simultaneously infused with a modern mindset that isn’t afraid to tinker with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebirth from the Cushion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Barford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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’. I want to approach rebirth from the angle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#OPENPRACTICE</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/06/openpractice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Buckley-Houston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 I say it was a cough, it was more like being chained to an infinite loop of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychological Self vs. No-Self</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/05/psychological-self-vs-no-self/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/05/psychological-self-vs-no-self/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 14:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Crouch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. On the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two-Player Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/03/two-player-meditation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/03/two-player-meditation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent Horn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two-player meditation is a method for two people to actively explore meditative states, experiences, &#038; 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. In the two-player mode of meditation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhist Productivity: Wise Effort Meets Wise Flow</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/02/buddhist-productivity-wise-effort-meets-wise-flow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/02/buddhist-productivity-wise-effort-meets-wise-flow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vincent Horn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Back then I even wrote an elaborate two-part series called Personal Productivity++ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of Nondualism and Cooking for the Homeless</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/01/of-nondualism-and-cooking-for-the-homeless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/01/of-nondualism-and-cooking-for-the-homeless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kalsang Wangmo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Reading, Learning Anger</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/01/teaching-reading-learning-anger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/01/teaching-reading-learning-anger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Gioia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.&#8221; &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children and Buddhism: An Undesirable Match?</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/01/children-and-buddhism-an-undesirable-match/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2011/01/children-and-buddhism-an-undesirable-match/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 for most of their lives, it seems to be much less than you would find amongst people from other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mirage of Self</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/12/the-mirage-of-self/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/12/the-mirage-of-self/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 a bunch of stuff happens to this guy, like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rise of the Social Meditator</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/12/the-rise-of-the-social-meditator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/12/the-rise-of-the-social-meditator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Gunatillake</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/?p=1671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8212;the statement that I believe to hold the most power is that&#8230; Meditation Is Social. In fact I feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Choosing to Die Already?</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/11/are-you-choosing-to-die-already/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/11/are-you-choosing-to-die-already/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in my mid-thirties&#8212;old enough to have some experience under my belt, but still pretty young in the grand scheme. And yet, when I look around at many of my fellow late Gen Xers, I can already see it&#8212;the choosing to die syndrome. This is not the living and dying in each moment that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Born to be Free</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/11/born-to-be-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/11/born-to-be-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebel Buddha is an exploration of what it means to be free and how it is that we can become free. Although we may vote for the head of our government, marry for love, and worship the divine or mundane powers of our choice, most of us don&#8217;t really feel free in our day-to-day lives. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science, Buddhism—and the Near-Death Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/10/science-buddhism-and-the-near-death-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/10/science-buddhism-and-the-near-death-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Groover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Like having a newborn coming into a new world. It’s all wonderful. It’s everything. You can’t explain it. Take your best feeling you’ve ever had and multiply it by millions. That’s what it felt like. It was undescribable [sic]. There was no pain. There was no suffering.” — snowmobile accident-survivor Ward Krentz, from the Discovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Flavors for Continuing in Practice</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/10/three-flavors-for-continuing-in-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/10/three-flavors-for-continuing-in-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Oelke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article shares instructions I received from my teacher, Hokai Sobol, during a recent 100-Day Practice Vow. One thing I noticed strongly over the last year and more intimately in this 100-day vow is that, not only does my relationship and experience of elements of a practice change over time, so does my relationship to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Difficult Pill: The Problem with Stephen Batchelor and Buddhism’s New Rationalists</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/10/a-difficult-pill-the-problem-with-stephen-batchelor-and-buddhism%e2%80%99s-new-rationalists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/10/a-difficult-pill-the-problem-with-stephen-batchelor-and-buddhism%e2%80%99s-new-rationalists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8212;at least not without getting undesirable side effects. Both of these metaphysical pills are so difficult to reconcile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Mind / West Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/09/east-mind-west-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/09/east-mind-west-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of discussion these days about the differences between emerging &#8220;Western&#8221; and traditional &#8220;Asian&#8221; styles of Buddhism. But are these differences adventitious and superficial, or do they really stem from significant differences in our psychology? A recent article in the New York Times Magazine by Guy Deutscher, Does Your Language Shape How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Koan of Christian Buddhism</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/the-koan-of-christian-buddhism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/the-koan-of-christian-buddhism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My recent article &#8220;Christian Buddhism?&#8221; at Buddhist Geeks provoked a lot of discussion, and some strong reactions from readers. This shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise given its subject matter, but some of the reactions really were surprising. A number of readers commented that they, too, were actively exploring how to bring together their Christian and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Deva Realms to Crusty Cups: the Freedom of “No Fixed Position”</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/from-deva-realms-to-crusty-cups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/from-deva-realms-to-crusty-cups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kenneth Folk: I’ve been thinking about picking up on the theme of the rainbow of the mind, which was in one of our recent interviews that went up on Buddhist Geeks. In order for enlightenment to have any meaning, it has to work just as well in hell as it does in heaven. And this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Buddhism?</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/christian-buddhism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/christian-buddhism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Hunter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent profile in the Denver Post of Stuart Lord, Naropa University&#8217;s &#8220;Christian Buddhist&#8221; president, caught my attention. &#8220;I am a spiritual person,&#8221; said Lord. &#8220;For the last seven years I consider myself a Christian Buddhist. I can merge them together and try to be awake in the world and work toward being an enlightened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Bodhisattva, Superstar&quot; Excerpts</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/bodhisattva-superstar-excerpts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/bodhisattva-superstar-excerpts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Trigilio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we&#8217;re excited to bring you some exclusive excerpts from the upcoming &#8220;allegorical documentary&#8221; by Michael Trigilio, &#8220;Bodhisattva, Superstar.&#8221; On Monday we&#8217;ll be releasing a podcast episode where we interview Michael about the film, exploring many of the underlying messages and meanings therein. We hope that this excerpt will provide some sense of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Buddhist Singularity</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/the-buddhist-singularity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/the-buddhist-singularity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Paul Wiegand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is part 3 of a 3-part series entitled, "Neural Correlates of Enlightenment: The Buddha Helmet."] Buddhism has found intriguing middle ground, if not complete compatibility with the concept of the Technological Singularity. The philosophy behind the futurist concept of the Singularity, most often attributed to the ideas of Ray Kurzweil, is essentially an attempt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-modern koan: “Where does a Buddha Helmet go?”</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/post-modern-koan-where-does-a-buddha-helmet-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/post-modern-koan-where-does-a-buddha-helmet-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Paul Wiegand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is part 2 of a 3-part series entitled, "Neural Correlates of Enlightenment: The Buddha Helmet."] In order to create an effective and specific Buddha Helmet that will affect specific brain functions, those functions need to be localized in the brain. More importantly, the functions that we&#8217;re looking for need to be ascertained. Is compassion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor&#039;s Notes: Patient Suffering from Chronic Samsara</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/doctors-notes-patient-suffering-from-chronic-samsara/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/08/doctors-notes-patient-suffering-from-chronic-samsara/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Paul Wiegand</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is part 1 of a 3-part series entitled, "Neural Correlates of Enlightenment: The Buddha Helmet."] “It is as if a man were pierced by a poisoned arrow, his friends, companions, or near relations called in a surgeon, but that man should say: I will not have this arrow pulled out until I know, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mantra, Tantra and the Art of Beautiful Writing</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/07/mantra-tantra-and-the-art-of-beautiful-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/07/mantra-tantra-and-the-art-of-beautiful-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ona Kiser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;knowing that Buddhists have done this for centuries and that I can read and appreciate Kūkai’s Siddhaṃ calligraphy and he could read mine. That is what makes the calli- in calligraphy. – Jayarava, Buddhist calligrapher [1] Calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing, has a deep history in much of Buddhist Asia. At one level, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African Zen</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/07/african-zen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/07/african-zen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Filippo Dibari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dojo of Morogoro Africa. Is it possible to make a Soto Zen sangha flourish in a small rural town in Eastern Africa? Apparently, it is. This article describes the dojo of Morogoro town, in rural Tanzania, but also explores my feelings of amazement when I visited it. For years, I have asked myself how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relax, You’re Already Home</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/07/relax-you%e2%80%99re-already-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/07/relax-you%e2%80%99re-already-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Groover</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Suffer and You Shall Too</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/07/i-suffer-and-you-shall-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/07/i-suffer-and-you-shall-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan St. Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a perfect world, I would be writing this as a completely recovered person. In a perfect world, I would not fall into the thirteen percent of the adult American population suffering from anxiety. Yet, part of working with anxiety is learning that this is not a perfect world. There is serenity that most people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relationships: Your Emotional Signature</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/06/relationships-your-emotional-signature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/06/relationships-your-emotional-signature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You would certainly recognize your signature on a piece of paper, but do you know your own emotional signature? We all have one. It&#8217;s our predictable way of reacting to situations. Your friends probably recognize your emotional signature better than you do. When you get into a fight with your partner, for example, they can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Enlightenment: An Interview with Shinzen Young</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/06/on-enlightenment-an-interview-with-shinzen-young/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/06/on-enlightenment-an-interview-with-shinzen-young/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinzen Young</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Har-Prakash Khalsa: Given that, in your own words, “enlightenment is a multi-faceted jewel”, is there a description of enlightenment that you like? Shinzen Young: In this regard I tend to go towards my Buddhist background. Scholastic Theravada Buddhism says that three things go away at the initial experience of enlightenment. It’s very significant that it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can’t Script Enlightenment: Moving Beyond Magical Thinking</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/06/you-can%e2%80%99t-script-enlightenment-moving-beyond-magical-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/06/you-can%e2%80%99t-script-enlightenment-moving-beyond-magical-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suffering: The Cliff Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/suffering-the-cliff-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/suffering-the-cliff-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Horn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a young girl, I lived in a small southern town where little was known about Buddhism. When I asked about the Buddha I was told, “Oh, he believed that all life is suffering.” Later, I started to question—What is suffering (dukkha)? I wondered why it sounded so gloomy. I had a lot to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of the Shadows: A Realistic View of Enlightenment</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/out-of-the-shadows-a-realistic-view-of-enlightenment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/out-of-the-shadows-a-realistic-view-of-enlightenment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Enlightenment is the ego’s ultimate disappointment.” -Trungpa Rinpoche Joel Groover: You had been discussing what enlightenment is and isn’t, from your perspective. Kenneth Folk: We need to get away from the idea that enlightenment is a cosmic bliss out. I find that to be a pernicious and highly prevalent misconception. Everybody wants to think, “Okay, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maha Ati: Natural Liberation Through Primordial Awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/maha-ati-natural-liberation-through-primordial-awareness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/maha-ati-natural-liberation-through-primordial-awareness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 13:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Eberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by: _william INTRODUCTION Maha Ati: Natural Liberation Through Primordial Awareness [1] is a general introductory overview of the path popularly known as Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen. It is based in the Longchen Nyingthik tradition, Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa’s (1730-1798) revision of Kunkhyen Longchen Rabjam’s (1308-1363) original transmission of Maha Ati. Longchen Nyingthik is rooted in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Stop: When Awareness Surrenders to Itself</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/just-stop-when-awareness-surrenders-to-itself/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/just-stop-when-awareness-surrenders-to-itself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Buddha-nature, the essence of awakened enlightenment itself, is present in everyone. Its essence is forever pure, unalloyed, and flawless. It is beyond increase or decrease. It is neither improved by remaining in nirvana nor degenerated by straying into samsara. Its fundamental essence is forever perfect, unobscured, quiescent, and unchanging. Its expressions are myriad.&#8221; – Nyoshul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Three Jewels: The Cliff Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/the-three-jewels-the-cliff-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/the-three-jewels-the-cliff-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Horn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can remember listening to numerous dharma talks about taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. I would sit and stare at the Buddha statue and wonder why it was such a big deal. I would look around at everyone silently sitting and wonder if they felt as alone as I did, and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Progress: The Four Paths of Enlightenment</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/the-power-of-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/the-power-of-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“At every level the flavor of the Teaching is of a single nature, the flavor of freedom. It is only the degree to which this flavor is enjoyed that differs, and the difference in degree is precisely proportional to the extent of one’s practice.” – Bhikkhu Bodhi Kenneth Folk: You asked about the Four Paths [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Simple Model of Enlightenment</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/the-simple-model-enlightenment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/the-simple-model-enlightenment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Ingram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following Question and Answer with Daniel Ingram, was taken from a longer interview that happened last year. This question did not make it into the final episode, due to its length. Because of the technical nature of the conversation, you may want to listen to some of our earlier interviews with Daniel. Vince: Just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Jhanic Arc: Riding the Rainbow of the Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/the-jhanic-arc-riding-the-rainbow-of-the-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/05/the-jhanic-arc-riding-the-rainbow-of-the-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Known to him they arose, known to him they remained, known to him they subsided. – The Buddha Joel Groover: You were talking about your experience in meditation interviews with Sayadaw U Pandita at his monastery in Rangoon. Isn’t that what the traditional interview is all about, that feedback loop to help the student? Kenneth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ramana Maharshi and Self-Enquiry</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/ramana-maharshi-and-self-enquiry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/ramana-maharshi-and-self-enquiry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Eberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[INTRODUCTION Considering that Buddhism originated in India, that the Buddha was Indian, perhaps an explanation as to why it may be interesting&#8212;and important&#8212;to Buddhist Geeks everywhere to have a general introduction to the ancient milieu of scientific, transformative spirituality that India has produced is not necessary. Some Buddhists tend to ignore or denigrate the philosophical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heaven, Hell and the Middle Way</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/heaven-hell-and-the-middle-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/heaven-hell-and-the-middle-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I sell round trip tickets to Heaven and Hell. And nobody is buying.” – Joshu Sasaki Roshi Joel Groover: Could we talk a bit about what you have called dynamic jhana vs. static jhana? Kenneth Folk: Yes. There is a Flash animation on my website that shows a mountain and two yogis. The one on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Your Buffalo</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/finding-your-buffalo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a story about a farmer who owns a buffalo. Not knowing that the buffalo is in its stable, the farmer goes off to search for it, thinking it has strayed from home. Starting off on his search, he sees many different buffalo footprints outside his yard. The footprints of buffalo are everywhere! The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Practical Dharma of Mahasi Sayadaw</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/the-practical-dharma-of-mahasi-sayadaw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/the-practical-dharma-of-mahasi-sayadaw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Armstrong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Even reading and studying only Chapter 5 will enable you to practice insight meditation in a straightforward way, and you will be able to realize (enlightenment of) path knowledge, fruition knowledge, and nibbāna.” – Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw, from Manual of Insight The first English translation available to Westerners of the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw’s two-volume Manual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heady Buddhism, No Body</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/heady-buddhism-no-body/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/heady-buddhism-no-body/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While perusing blogs recently, I came across the following comments from Brad Warner at Hardcore Zen: &#8220;In spite of all the foregoing cautionary material, I still believe zazen can be a very good thing for survivors of traumatic experiences. Maybe even the best thing. It can put you directly in contact with the source of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Feedback Loop: Staying on Track</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/the-feedback-loop-staying-on-track/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/the-feedback-loop-staying-on-track/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“How do I know if I’m meditating right?” –Every Yogi Kenneth Folk: Something I think a lot about is the pedagogy of enlightenment, because I am trained as a teacher and I am a teacher by nature, and I have always been a teacher&#8212;teaching one thing or another. And so when I look at how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shotgun Approach</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/the-shotgun-approach-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/the-shotgun-approach-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Eberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Critics have accused me of &#8216;cherry picking&#8217; Buddhist sources…To this objection I can only point out that it has ever been thus. Each Buddhist school that has emerged in the course of history has done exactly the same. Chinese Buddhists selected the texts that best fit their needs as Chinese, just as Tibetan Buddhists chose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feet First, Heart Open</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/feet-first-heart-open/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/feet-first-heart-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Brickell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Running on a forest trail, I’m shaded and sheltered By trees all around. May my brief run through the woods Connect me to our larger world. I’m trying to run and hike more on woodland trails as I get older&#8212;partly because I prefer the solitude of a secluded forest when I can find it, partly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Witness: Turning the Light Around</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/the-witness-turning-the-light-around-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/the-witness-turning-the-light-around-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If we consider the knower independently of the known, it reveals itself as pure witness. When knower and known are not-two, there is no place even for a witness.” – Jean Klein Kenneth Folk: If we want to go to the next level (and we do), we are going to go to 2nd Gear. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mara, the Buddha and me</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/mara-the-buddha-and-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/04/mara-the-buddha-and-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Gunatillake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can do it – Ice Cube I love the Buddha. More than ever. And more than most. More than ever because as my practice deepens and evolves, when I read and connect with the original teachings in the Pali canon I am increasingly in awe at his sheer skill and genius not only as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Yogi Toolbox: “Power tools” for investigating reality</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/the-yogi-toolbox-%e2%80%9cpower-tools%e2%80%9d-for-investigating-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/the-yogi-toolbox-%e2%80%9cpower-tools%e2%80%9d-for-investigating-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. In the interview below, the long-time Theravada practitioner and meditation teacher introduces his “Yogi Toolbox”—a straightforward approach to satipatthana vipassana that doubles as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Considering Buddhism and Hyphenated Religious Identities</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/considering-buddhism-and-hyphenated-religious-identities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/considering-buddhism-and-hyphenated-religious-identities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooke Schedneck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the meditation retreats for foreigners I frequently attend for my research in Thailand, I am often instructed that Buddhism is not a religion but a way of life. Mae Chii Aree of the International Dhamma Hermitage told me that she instructs foreign retreatants in this way because if they think of Buddhism as religion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Ordinary</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/being-ordinary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Buckley-Houston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How amazing is Enlightenment? On a scale of one to ten it has to be ten right? The end of suffering, boundless joy, equanimity, free pizza and all the rest of it. You can&#8217;t beat that. But just how realistic and perhaps more importantly how helpful is this outlook to those that seek it? Just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self, Other, and Terrorism</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/self-other-and-terrorism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/self-other-and-terrorism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alec Sloman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In American culture, the word terrorism possesses a meaning far beyond the literal. This is because terrorism is always defined by its user, and this definition is colored by factors including value systems and theologies, but most importantly the influence of tribalism. Tribalism is the categorical division and separation of one’s own group, “us”, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balanced Effort and the ‘Chronic Yogi’</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/balanced-effort-and-the-chronic-yogi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/balanced-effort-and-the-chronic-yogi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There&#8217;s no jhana for one with no discernment, no discernment for one with no jhana. But one with both jhana &#038; discernment: he&#8217;s on the verge of Unbinding.&#8221;-Buddha KENNETH FOLK: I was thinking, at the very most basic level, the questions to answer are: “What is enlightenment?,” “Why does it matter?”, and “How do you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illuminating the Edges of Self</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/illumination-the-edges-of-self/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/illumination-the-edges-of-self/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alden Gannon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silent retreat participants often speak of what I call the re-entry problem. During the course of the retreat, the noise of the mind loses some of its grip on us. We often gain access to the silence that forms the ground of all things. What has seemed frustratingly elusive in our busy lives becomes apparent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belonging, Blooming, and Beginning Again</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/belonging-blooming-and-beginning-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/belonging-blooming-and-beginning-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daron Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If worries were stones that could be polished by rolling around repeatedly in our minds, one of the shiniest rocks in my tumbler would have to be wondering where I really belong. Growing up in Wichita, Kansas I was convinced I was being excluded from a much more Technicolor city. In New Mexico I quickly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Special Place in Hell</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/a-special-place-in-hell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/a-special-place-in-hell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rokusek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All violence is injustice. The fire of hatred and violence cannot be extinguished by adding more hatred and violence to the fire. The only antidote to violence is compassion. And what is compassion made of? It is made of understanding. When there is no understanding, how can we feel compassion, how can we begin to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taming the Mind: Four Perspectives on Enlightenment</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/taming-the-mind-four-perspectives-on-enlightenment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/taming-the-mind-four-perspectives-on-enlightenment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Folk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. In the interview below, the long-time Theravada practitioner and meditation teacher explores his integrative approach to the theory and practice of awakening in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Aitken-Shimano Letters</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/the-aitken-shimano-letters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/the-aitken-shimano-letters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Lachs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May of 2009, we received a CD collection of letters held at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Library Archives. Robert Aitken Rōshi, the founder of the Diamond Sangha, an international Zen sangha, has donated his extensive files to the university library. The letters were, until recently, part of the sealed section of Aitken’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation on Impermanence</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/meditation-on-impermanence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/meditation-on-impermanence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund O'Reilly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake in India as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mandalas: Finding Transcendence in a Digital World</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/mandalas-finding-transcendence-in-a-digital-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/mandalas-finding-transcendence-in-a-digital-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Starbuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The evolution of complexity often involves the weaving together of simple motifs to produce a whole fabric which, when finished, exhibits complex features of its own, in no way evident from its constituents. The fabric in turn may become part of a larger garment. This is the story of the grand evolutionary synthesis&#8230;&#8221; – Allan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authority, Trust, Devotion</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/authority-trust-devotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hokai Sobol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The mystery of life isn&#8217;t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.&#8221; - Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam Awakening is the source, essence, and raison d’être of Dharma. Sitting meditation, in group or alone, presumes a certain relationship to the possibility of awakening, and that relationship can definitely develop and deepen through time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eddies in the Stream</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/eddies-in-the-stream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Hanson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 Rivers flow and eddies form. An eddy is a relatively stable pattern whose elements continually change. It is “standing-streaming,” a term from Evan Thompson’s marvelous book, Mind in Life. All eddies disperse eventually. 2 In a river, an eddy depends on many conditions. These include: The state of the eddy itself just one moment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Path of Wholeness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wholeness and freedom we seek is our own true nature, who we really are. Whenever we start a spiritual practice, read a spiritual book, or contemplative what it means to live well, we have begun the inevitable process of opening to this truth, the truth of life itself. - Jack Kornfield When I started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Possibilities Are Emptiness!</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/the-possibilities-are-emptiness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rokusek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Emptiness is described as the basis that makes everything possible&#8221; - The Twelfth Tai Situpa Rinpoche, Awakening the Sleeping Buddha “The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.” - Pema Chodron Emptiness is a tough concept to swallow. Most Western minds immediately go to &#8220;nothingness&#8221; as the equivalent, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergent Dharma: By Any Upaya Necessary</title>
		<link>http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2010/03/emergent-dharma-by-any-upaya-necessary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hokai Sobol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“When in doubt, bow.” – anonymous master Now we are conscious evolutionary beings, an evolving intelligence becoming aware of its own potential to go beyond present limitations. This very well applies to the way we go about Dharma. Living Dharma is about discovering the radical, indestructible, dynamic continuity, and then serving it fully, by best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the New Buddhist Geeks Site!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buddhist Geeks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 1st, 2010 we launched the new Buddhist Geeks Digital Magazine site—the site you’re on now! This post is intended to show you around the new site, as well as to let you know about some things that are coming in the future. As many of you may know, this site was able to [...]]]></description>
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