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The Buddha's Five Protections - Part 1

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sharon Salzberg

The Buddha spoke about five ways to protect ourselves and our practice. Here I'll write about he first two of these, and continue with the rest next week.

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One Who Protects The Truth Will Be Protected By It

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sharon Salzberg

There is a saying, "One who protects the dhamma, the truth, will be protected by it." Sometimes this concept of protection is a little difficult for us to understand.

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Buddhism: Between Desire and Emptiness

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sharon Salzberg

The middle way is a view of life that avoids the extreme of misguided grasping, and it avoids the despair and nihilism born from the mistaken belief that nothing matters, that all is meaningless.

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Buddhism: Between Overindulgence And Self-Hatred

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sharon Salzberg

For us the question becomes, can we find that place in the middle of these extremes, neither fruitlessly clinging to transient experiences, nor working from a place of self-hatred?

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Dear Religious (And Sane) America

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

HuffPost Religion hopes to offer a sane middle way for people who wish to approach religion with both heart and mind, and who believe we can have disagreements without demonization.

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Finding The Spirituality In New Media

Steven Barrie-Anthony | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steven Barrie-Anthony

Might it be that our thirst for faster and more ubiquitous communication (snail mail, telegraph, telephone, email, text message, Facebook) strains toward some kind of mystical union?

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Judaism, Ethics And Ecology

Rabbi Or Rose | Posted 11.17.2011

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Rabbi Or Rose

I believe that the Jewish tradition has several key insights to bring to bear on the environmental crisis that will help strengthen both the Jewish community and the wider world. Here I offer but two examples.

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The Black Church Is Dead

Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D.

The Black Church, as we've known it, is dead. The idea of this venerable institution as central to black life and as a repository for the social and moral conscience of the nation has all but disappeared.

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