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The Buddha: “If one should conquer thousands in battle, and if another should...
Life as a battle is a common metaphor — even in Buddhist teachings. Bodhipaksa shows how the Buddha subverted the language of violence so that true heroism was to practice love. If you look closely at...
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“Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants,” by Arnie Kozak, PhD
A delightful, readable, and humorous book offers 108 images to help us understand the intangible qualities of mindfulness practice. This enjoyable little volume offers 108 different images and...
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“Hand Wash Cold” by Karen Maezen Miller
This is my first time reviewing a book for Wildmind. I agreed to write this on Bodhipaksa’s recommendation that this book might be “up my alley” since one strong interest I have is in how the Dharma...
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“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” George Orwell
Metaphors can be traps. We can end up taking them too literally. The point of a metaphor is to help us see things more clearly (“time slips through our hands like sand” helps us connect something...
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When spiritual practice gets in the way of spiritual progress
Spiritual practices are intended to help us free ourselves from self-clinging, but sometimes they can become subtle, or not-so-subtle ways to cling. The Buddha said his teaching was a raft: something...
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Not knowing how near the Truth is, people seek it far away
Some years ago I noticed an odd thing; a lot of the Buddhists I knew (including myself) didn’t talk much about getting enlightened. We didn’t talk much about what, specifically, we were doing in order...
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“Perhaps everything terrifying is deep down a helpless thing that needs our...
“Perhaps everything terrifying is deep down a helpless thing that needs our help,” Rainer Maria Rilke wrote to a friend and protégé, encouraging him to make peace with his inner demons. It’s an...
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