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Our fur friends are quite good at finding their happy place.
by strawbale
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on Thu Feb 15, 2024 at 07:00 PM PST
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The Dude and the Zen Master Talk Peace A friend reminded me of the Zen master and social activist Bernie Glassman and the Zen Peacemakers (https://zenpeacemakers.org) the other day. So I went over my notes on The Dude and the Zen Master, a conversation...
by gmoke
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on Mon Oct 23, 2023 at 07:52 PM PDT
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Ok, sitting here in the heat on my tangled deck, drinking iced tea and re-reading the diary about the UU firebombing in Texas and I being a some times Zen Buddhist follower thought….we need a humor break on this Monday to untangle our thoughts. The...
by MDGluon16
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on Mon Jul 24, 2023 at 07:17 PM PDT
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Good morning! �Welcome to the Dkos Sangha weekly open thread.
This is an open thread for members of the Dkos Sangha and interested visitors who happen by. �Each of us has our own path; we come ...
by LamontCranston
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on Sun Aug 01, 2021 at 07:00 AM PDT
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First I would like to state “Mea Culpa”; Latin for “I am also guilty” (or in error, fault, etc). Of what, well of causing no little damage to our Digital Commons, which includes Daily KOS, by not always being as good a writer, commenter, or critic as a...
by MDGluon16
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on Tue Mar 30, 2021 at 08:39 AM PDT
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All things are impermanent. Few remain forever, the items we cherish will break, fade, and be lost; do not despair when they become one with the universe again, enjoy them and keep alive the memory. Our loves, our lives, our memories are what is...
by MDGluon16
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on Mon Mar 01, 2021 at 02:23 PM PST
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Is Zen Enlightenment Real? (Free Inquiry, Feb-March 2021) By James A. Haught I’m intrigued by Zen meditation as a supposed path to enlightenment. I’ve tried repeatedly – lying silent in bed, blanking out my mind, hearing nothing but the rhythm of...
by JamesAHaught
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on Tue Feb 02, 2021 at 07:38 PM PST
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First, I’d like to thank those diarists who included links to candidates in down-ballot races this cycle... because you did affect donations, and that is a good thing. (yay!) And I got to visit my bank manager Tina, who’s a Hoot! because Fraud Watch...
by kellyb2
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on Thu Oct 22, 2020 at 12:06 PM PDT
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I think it's well known that our society suffers from sexism, racism, and a lot of other -isms and -phobias. Some say that the solution to this is more education. This seems to me to be an appeal to our rational nature. But I think...
by SolarKitty
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on Fri Sep 11, 2020 at 09:14 AM PDT
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Comedian Flip Wilson on his variety show had a skit character whose catch phrase was, "The debbil made me do it!" �This is good comedy, but some people in real life claim that God told them to do ...
by SolarKitty
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on Wed Sep 09, 2020 at 09:45 AM PDT
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We became a majority in the US in the 1990s, held back only by the Vast RightWrong-Wing Conspiracy of lies, hate, gerrymanders, voter suppression, a corrupt Supreme Court, and the Russians, aided by thatidiotComey. But now it's time. Our time has come....
by Mokurai
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on Sat Jul 25, 2020 at 03:59 AM PDT
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There is a Zen/Buddhist thought for the day included in an email I receive daily with affirmations from several different sources. The title of this diary is one such nugget that came my way recently & keeping it in mind has helped quite a bit...
by mark schroeder
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on Mon Apr 06, 2020 at 09:07 PM PDT
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Welcome to members of the DKos Sangha* and all interested visitors who happen by.
Each of us has our own path; we come here by way of many different traditions, and of no particular tradition. While the language we use may differ depending on the...
by Otteray Scribe
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on Sun Jul 14, 2019 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Robert Pirsig, Who Took Us On Inner Journeys In 'Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance' Has Died In the 5 years between his trip and writing ‘Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values’ in 1968 and its publication in 1974, 121 publishers rejected the book. In its unedited form it was 30% longer than Tolstoy’s ‘War And...
by Tevye
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on Wed Apr 26, 2017 at 05:54 PM PDT
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Lincoln: With malice towards none, with charity for all . . No. 45: . .With charity towards none, with malice for all . . . 4 comments
on Sun Mar 12, 2017 at 06:42 PM PDT
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I was beside myself.
On my walk today and I was overcome. I am an atheist. But I wanted someplace to have happy thoughts about us as humans. Immigrants keeping us the best of who we are. A place of beauty. I went to the first church where I was...
by webranding
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on Tue Jan 31, 2017 at 12:00 PM PST
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In the world there are an estimated half a billion Buddhists, and about one million Buddhists in the United States according to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies.
Some of Buddha’s most important beliefs are summarized in...
by DannyG123
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on Wed Sep 28, 2016 at 09:24 AM PDT
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Beautiful Oregon ...
It was a dark and stormy season ...
by jamess
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on Sat Feb 13, 2016 at 04:42 PM PST
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It is the fourth largest religion in the world today, with half a billion practitioners. Though founded by one man, it has grown into three major traditions with innumerable sects and splinter groups.
by Lenny Flank
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on Thu Sep 25, 2014 at 01:15 PM PDT
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Below is a roundup of news, politics science, and humor. I hope you enjoy.
But first some personal stuff. Here is a film about the Latvian synagogue that is being restored thanks to my efforts ...
by mole333
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on Fri Aug 29, 2014 at 03:00 PM PDT
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- Enough said about who’s defrauding who. Maybe Congress can help them out with an appeal to the Republican chairs /s… The Securities and Exchange Commission accused the auditor of Donald Trump’s social-media company of a “massive fraud” affecting more...166 comments 412 Recs
- There is finally a report detailing exactly how Ukraine blew up the Kerch Bridge with a truck bomb. The power of the explosion charge was estimated at about 10 tons of TNT. The detonator was a plastite explosive device triggered by a GPS signal....49 comments 278 Recs
- Von ClownStickinPants delivered pizza yesterday. Today, observers report that there was no eye contact between Trump and Hope Hicks. Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman agreed with Henderson's assessment that Hicks is uniquely positioned to give...51 comments 229 Recs
- At the risk of repeating myself, adjudicated rapist/GOP presidential nominee Donald J. Trump spent the week napping through his felony trial, though rumors of farting in his sleep are just rumors and democracy dies in darkness so we must assume he is...17 comments 95 Recs
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- “Sitting on a park bench, Eying little girls with bad intent Snot's running down his nose, Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes Hey, Aqualung” — Jethro Tull By the time they are 40, 99% of Americans have had sex — 95% before marriage. After...75 comments 138 Recs
- I am all for a range of opinions. It is easier to defend your position if you know how your opponent plans to attack it. If the New York Times (NYT) wants to publish conservative op-eds (a.k.a. "Guest Essays"), this liberal will read them. However, no...232 comments 478 Recs
- Todd Blanche’s passive-aggressive shot getting back at Trump for not being aggressive enough. He didn’t have to read #Vonshitzinpants aloud, but he did "Vonshitzinpants" is another media history moment. Jake Tapper: Okay, I apologize for this update...289 comments 644 Recs
- “Democratic” Rep, Henry Cuellar (D?-TX 28) has just been indicted by the DoJ on charges related to activities by some American businessmen with ties to Azerbaijan. Cuellar, who remains the only “Democrat” to vote against providing abortion access to...120 comments 246 Recs
- From The New Republic: During an interview on Real America’s Voice Thursday, former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn claimed that he received eight subpoenas the night before, complaining that there was a massive effort to keep Donald Trump out...104 comments 399 Recs
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