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Tag Archives: efficiency
Bringing procrastination to the path
In 2013, Lama Jamdron gave a seminar at KTC called “Bringing Distraction and Procrastination to the Path.” It was a great topic, and I was reminded of it this week when the New York Times ran an article on why … Continue reading
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Tagged distraction, efficiency
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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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Lo Sar Tashi Delek!
“There is no problem other than the thought.” –Lama Norlha Rinpoche When I was running a household and raising my daughter, I eventually learned to streamline the more mundane aspects of my life, such as housework and meal preparation, with the … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the World, Dharma Pep Talks
Tagged Buddha Nature, daughter, efficiency, enlightenment, television
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Location, location, location
I’ve been spending a lot of time in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia, for the last couple of years to help care for my mother, who has Alzheimer’s. She was diagnosed in the last year of my three-year retreat, and … Continue reading
Posted in Back to the World, Uncategorized
Tagged calm abiding, dementia, efficiency, parsnips
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Efficiency Expert
February 2008 As Buddhists, we are encouraged to spend a lot of time contemplating the impermanence of all phenomena and, in particular, the inevitability of our own death. We realize that if we are going to reach enlightenment, we had … Continue reading
Posted in Year One 2008
Tagged efficiency, enlightenment, Groundhog Day, impermanence
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