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The Cult that killed the Earth

“Mainstream Economics is a Cult” An excellent post on Washington’s blog exposing the cult of mainstream neo-liberal economics. An outgrowth

A longstanding delusion that arises by being caught in words is that Yoga can be learned via words. While we

from ‘What does Democracy Look Like?’: “These new democratic forms do not ask governments to be more democratic. They are

Milton, speaking in 1644 said: “Truth and understanding are not such wares as to be monopolized and traded in by

Mindfulness frees us from the burdens of endless thoughts. Meditation studies the self to ‘forget’ the self and opens us

It’s a month since the tsunami crushed the coast of Japan north of Tokyo. Shodo Harada Roshi along with Ekai

This is a public talk by Shodo Harada Roshi. Given on Feb., 27, 2008. The talk was given in support

On February 26th, at Bayview Hall, on Whidbey Island. Harada Roshi, lead Osesshin then KoSesshin at Tahoma One Drop Zen

From the Dhammapada (verses 183-185; in Chapter XIV) The non-doing of any evil The performing of what is skillful The

Here’s a handy report on a new study showing brain changes following an eight week program of mindfulness. Mindfulness is