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Street Dharma: Teaching Meditation To The Homeless

BJ Gallagher | Posted 01.07.2012

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BJ Gallagher

It can be very unsettling when you realize just how frantic your mind really is... You may find, like Buddhist elders have said, that the mind is like a crazy monkey swinging from thought to thought and from past to future.

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Compassion Is Something You Train In

Ethan Nichtern | Posted 12.31.2011

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Ethan Nichtern

From the Buddhist standpoint, any time you see a person you think is kind and compassionate, it's actually the heart/mind equivalent of seeing a great athlete.

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September 12, 2001

Susan Piver | Posted 11.13.2011

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Susan Piver

For the thousandth time since I'd moved there and away, I thought how decent New Yorkers are, how kind, how open, and how passionately and always I will love New York City.

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Diary Of An Insomniac: How I Survived The Wee Hours

Amy Hertz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Amy Hertz

I started to think about all the other insomniacs like me who were sitting up feeling lonely, depressed, stressed out and wondering how they would function the next day.

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Pema Chodron: How To Do Tonglen, A Meditation Practice For Difficult Times

Waylon Lewis | Posted 11.17.2011

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Waylon Lewis

I grew up knowing Pema Chodron (the second most popular Buddhist in America, after that Dalai Lama guy). Or, rather, she knew me (I was just a little kid running around not paying attention to anything).

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