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The Buddha's solution for troubled times
Walk for Peace USA – Very impressed with the monks. Before I get started, I wanted to acknowledge the 2,300-mile walk for peace in the USA that started on October 26th, 2025, and is still going on as of February 1st, 2026. The above picture must be from Texas, where they started; they are now walking in January weather, and are currently in Virginia. This is what peace and dedication look like.…
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Ditch the Plan
Introduction This is a personal story originating from my daily journaling, so bear with me. I retired about a year and a half ago with aspirations of getting back into playing guitar again, doing my yoga and meditation practices, fixing up my house, volunteering at a charity, working on my diet, and writing a book, just to name a few things I hoped to accomplish. I eventually got to the point…
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Challenges for the Householder - Enlightenment
Attaining Buddhahood is not so much a “destination” or a special “state,” but a path, or orbit. . . . To firmly establish ourselves in this orbit―to “attain Buddhahood”―means to solidify in our lives a spirit of yearning for the happiness of oneself and others, and to continuously take constructive action with that spirit. Daisaku Ikeda Introduction This is the 5th post in the series regarding…
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Challenges for the Householder - Meditation
Introduction This is the fourth post in the series regarding challenges for the Buddhist Householder. I recommend reading each of them in this sequence: Exploring the Householder Path in Buddhism Challenges for the Householder – Time to Practice and my most recent post Challenges for the Householder – Learning the Dharma One of the fundamental principles for a Buddhist is acquiring…
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Challenges for the Householder - Learning the Dharma
It is wise to be like Sariputta and use your powers of discernment to determine if you believe something you have read or been taught. The sign of a healthy practice is to question what is being taught and come to your own conclusions. Introduction This is part of a series I am writing on Challenges for the Buddhist householder. The series started with Exploring the Householder Path in Buddhism…
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Walden by Henry David Thoreau
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Challenges for the Householder - Time to Practice
Introduction This post explores the challenge of finding time to practice for the Buddhist householder. The origin of this post comes from Exploring the Householder Path in Buddhism where I introduced some of the challenges and advantages of studying and practicing Buddhism as a householder. If you haven’t read that post I would suggest doing so before proceeding. Challenge As a householder…
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Deferring Happiness
I’ve recently written about various ways to foster more happiness in your life including yoga, meditation, expressing gratitude, and caring for your physical health. All of these things are wonderful ways to be happier, but still we are not as happy as we could be. Most of us are trapped in thinking that happiness is something we defer until we retire, buy that new house, find a better job,…
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Exploring the Householder Path in Buddhism
Householder For over 20 years I have been studying and practicing Buddhism as a householder. My interest in Buddhism began in my early forties, and now in my sixties I have a great appreciation for how this ancient philosophy has impacted my life for the better. One way to define a householder is to state what they are not. A householder is not a monk that has left their home for the monastic…
A few ways to be happier
Excuse the Minions above, for some reason I associate them with happiness. They make me laugh. Introduction If you asked most people what their ultimate goal in life is, probably 90% would say to be happy. Why is being happy such an elusive state of mind for most of us? We struggle to make money, raise a family, buy houses and cars, and with all that or maybe because of all that, we still don’t…
The Greatest Short Stories of Anton Chekhov
The Greatest Short Stories of Anton Chekhov
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The Perils Of Attachment
Introduction This is a bit longer than my normal posts as the topic of this post is focused on the 2nd Noble Truth “the origin of dukkha” and also touches on the 3rd and 4th Noble truths. For the purposes of this blog post, you can think of craving and attachment as the same thing and will be used interchangeably. Most of my references are from books in the Pali Canon. The Pāli Canon is the…
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The Power of Acceptance
Introduction I like this quote by Eckhart Tolle, especially the part “accept it as if you had chosen it” versus accept it because you are forced to. We often say we accept something the way it is, but do we really? It is usually more like I say I accept this, but it still pisses me off every time I think about it. This thing that I accept has tons of emotional baggage that I associate with it. I…
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Clinging to the Past
How can you experience the possibility of living an extraordinary life if you continue to cling to the past, or maybe more accurately relive the past over and over? Well, you can’t! So there must be a reason you repeat the same pattern of existence day after day. Maybe it is a fear you won’t achieve your financial goals without clinging to the life you have now. Do you think that after all…
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Enough Self Improvement
Our world is always imploring us to improve. You need to have a better physique, create some new skills so that you don’t get left behind, improve your relationships, your spirituality, learn a new language, or manage your money better. Here is the thing; the list is endless and 90% of the investment you make reading or taking classes in self improvement is pretty much worthless. Why do we get on…
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Contemplation - October 21, 2023
Be grateful for this day for many will not have this opportunity, and did not wake up. I recently lost a loved one, and as I’ve got older I began to realize how precious each day is. To be alive is your reward, nothing more and nothing is more precious. Wasting your time resisting what is will bring no peace of mind. This world is imperfect, accept things the way they are and contentment will…
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