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Tag Archives: birds
And let it begin with me
Before I get started on the Gampopa Ornament of Precious Liberation class notes, here’s a short presentation I gave a couple of weeks ago at an interfaith prayer service in Richmond, Virginia. Organized by Chaplain David Curtis at Westminster Canterbury … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, birds, happiness, karma, thoughts
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In which I am pursued by a hungry blue heron
In recent years, this heron (or maybe several, but I’ve always seen just one at a time) has regularly hung out by the koi pond in Richmond’s Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Visitors pay their quarter and toss in a handful … Continue reading
Posted in The World of Nature
Tagged birds, efficiency, equanimity, impermanence, karma, samsara
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The Morning Show and 29 Years
December 2009-January 2010 I rarely have time to look out the window these days, as I sometimes did earlier in retreat. Looking at the mind turns out to be much more compelling anyway. But I do occasionally have a chance … Continue reading
One Year
December 2008 This is the final month of our first year of three-year retreat. On January 5, 2009, year two begins. Lama Norlha Rinpoche used to say that during the first year of retreat, everyone always thinks they made a … Continue reading
Posted in Year One 2008
Tagged birds, Groundhog Day, impermanence, mantra, silence, walnuts
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September 2008, 4:00 a.m.
Ha, ha, it’s not really 4:00 a.m. as I write this. I just wanted to echo the title of the first post I wrote, a year ago this month. Normally at 4:00 a.m., we are starting our first meditation session … Continue reading
Posted in Year One 2008
Tagged birds, bodhisattvas, calm abiding, Kalu Rinpoche, thoughts, tonglen
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When the Catbird Sings…
June 2008 The maroon fence outside my window is a favorite resting spot for birds. Sometimes they sing a song, but usually they just sit for a moment or two, maybe groom themselves a bit, and then they’re off to … Continue reading