I love new beginnings.  I think that's why I am a morning person.  Heaven knows I need a new beginning right now.  But as Terry told me a few days ago, there is a certain charm that has always followed me wherever I go and whatever I do.  If that is true I need it to get a shot of steroids right about now.  I need these legal matters to resolve ( Read more... )

Stop Smoking by Using Buddhist Methods By Dr. Wu Tao-Wei ( Read more... )

Taking GG, Jacob and Diego to our New Years Gongyo at Ikea's house.  I am excited, although a bit nervous that they will behave.  I will be chanting a lot about my New Year resolutions.

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"The process of changing poison into medicine begins when we approach difficult experiences as an opportunity to reflect on ourselves and to strengthen and develop our courage and compassion. Suffering can thus serve as a springboard for a deeper experience of happiness. From the perspective of Buddhism, inherent in all negative experiences is ( Read more... )

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Far too often, the traditional wisdom for how to stop drinking is plagued with useless relapse prevention tactics that try to pinpoint our problems and triggers in helping us to prevent relapse. My experience has shown this to ( Read more... )

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Nichiren identified his teaching as the Buddhism of sowing and defined the daimoku of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as the teaching for planting the seeds of enlightenment. Because Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the law of the simultaneity of cause and effect, it contains within it all three stages of sowing, maturing, and harvesting. The Words and Phrases of ( Read more... )