For this kind of temple activities you will have to go to an Asian community. They put their temples in the middle of where they are and it is part of their...
Thank you Chani for enlightening me. Let me tell you a funny story. a year or two ago he and some other people were here, everyone he met he greeted the...
Hello Faye, Yes do find a temple, but mostly the ones in a Chinese community will be the place to be. Our temples[in the West] seem to be more a place for...
I do love you Dana and I wish you and Scooter all the best. I am sorry if my words came over as anything else than positive. I do know that sometimes my words...
I would love to find a temple locally! I tried a few - more in the southeast Asian community - and didn't feel really welcome at either of them. Maybe I should...
That is funny! Yet it is such a beautiful, graceful gesture! I would like it if people did that here regularly. They call it "wai"ing in Thailand and there is...
After my mom's death, I occassionally drove 45 miles to the church where my mom was baptised and confirmed. The town is not even on the map and I walked in to...
He has been divorced a couple of times. He is a Sensai in Aikido. His first father-in-law is one step higher than he is. My son tells a joke about both the...
I do not want anyone think I am judging him because I am divorced a couple of times myself. It is easy to get a divorce. Maybe too easy. Carolee Smith...
Happy New Year! I am awakened to the greater potential of life and joy. I am awakened to the Spirit of Wholeness within me. I am awakened to the light of...
Recipe For A Wonderful New Year Author Unknown   Take twelve whole months. Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness, hate, and jealousy. Make them just as...
 I Am The New Year Author Unknown   Life, I am the new year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time. I am your next chance at the art of living. I...
Now who is Alice Walker?. I live in South Africa, but silently hope we can move to Seattle where our son and family lives. I know it's such a graceful motion,...
Hi Jacqui, Thanks for your reply. I know someone who worked for a semi-charitable organisation in Asia for while. He told me that Bill Gates would turn up at a...
Chani, Yes if you do find a Temple in your area for the New Year,let us know how it goes :) Jacqui, I would love to hear about the snake temple in Malaysia. ...
Ralph, I think the Target stores may just be in the U.S. They are considered a discount store. The "Mother" store was Dayton's or Dayton-Hudson. Which then...
Hi Faye, There is no need to apologise for writing a long post. What you said was worth while saying. I am not a Buddhist but our house is full of Buddha...
Hi Peggy, I've met a few Christian Fundamentalists over the years, and generally I have found them to be sincere and well intentioned but also rather scary ! ...
ADVANTAGEOUS COMPANY Avoid going along with wrong doers. Do not associate with fools. Rather accompany the Good and cultivate friendship with the Wise & Noble....
New Year Wishes Its like a new Sunrise... of Hope, of Prosperity, of Happiness Its like a new Beginning... of Thoughts, of Words, or Actions Its like a new...
and even thinking in terms of 'self' and 'other' is just a conditioned conceptual framework. The Christian mystic Meister Eckhart (from whom Tolle took his...
... i don't think people in hollywood get any flack for being buddhist; richard gere is a weell-known buddhist and friend of HH The Dali Lama and Sting is...
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync.html a fascinating talk by a mathematician. This may seem like a disconnect, but is it possible...
what a joy and relief it was to me that i could help and be for a person that hurted me so badly mentally and finiacally .all the letters that i get from the...
Wow, a blue sky, you did something I am not sure I could. I was briefly married to an abusive man who hurt me physically, mentally, and financially. I do my...
In a message dated 1/2/2009 7:34:12 PM US Mountain Standard Time, gooddoglowie@... writes: every one that passes through our path teaches us a lesson ...