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 true Richard 2006-04-11T22:36:00-07:00 2006-04-12T06:45:53Z 2006-04-12T06:45:53Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526106.post-114482435395328529 Selfishness breeds selfishness; compassion nurtures compassion I had the great fortune to listen to one of the architects of the Euro speak in Vancouver last night and interviewed him this morning, listening to his views on how destructive our current international monetary system is and how it's potentially on the verge of collapse and is the root of unsustainable and selfish attitudes in false Richard 2006-02-28T22:25:00-08:00 2006-03-01T07:17:41Z 2006-03-01T07:17:41Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526106.post-114119746133309911 Establishing my True Self In the past month I've experienced a dramatic transformation in my life. It's not that I've lost the weight I want to lose, or have bought new clothes, or changed my hairstyle. Rather, I've had a dramatic change of attitude about myself and my life. I tend to be a very busy person; I've had about a dozen things on the go for the past few years, which has led me to false Richard 2005-08-28T23:25:00-07:00 2005-08-29T06:43:11Z 2005-08-29T06:43:11Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526106.post-112529779101881918 Faith versus Reality A few personally traumatic experiences in my life in the last few weeks pushed me to truly examine the value of faith, of spirituality, in my life. For some people, spirituality is relevant only when big changes come in one's life, usually the death of a loved one, or the birth of a child, marriage or some other significant event in one's life. But, in the last few weeks, I false Richard 2004-02-19T13:56:25-08:00 2004-02-19T21:58:43Z 2004-02-19T21:58:21Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526106.post-107722778506742727 Buddhism Changes Poison into Medicine Changing poison into medicine is a Buddhist analogy that illustrates very clearly how Buddhist philosophy can impact one's life when put into practice. Put in more concrete terms, changing poison into medicine is about changing our perceptions about a problem, and turning it into an opportunity to grow as a human being. Everyone goes through false Richard 2003-07-16T16:36:26-07:00 2003-07-16T23:37:24Z 2003-07-16T23:36:26Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526106.post-105839858639618954 Buddhism is About Seeing the Big Picture For people with a basic understanding of Buddhism, a common misconception is that Buddhism is simply about having a positive attitude about life. You know, 'Don't worry; be happy.' But while being positive is an important aspect about Buddhism, it is not about being carefree and happy-go-lucky--it's about having a broad and open mind about 'where we false Richard 2003-07-16T15:53:09-07:00 2003-07-16T22:53:09Z 2003-07-16T22:53:09Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526106.post-105839598991179096 Our Attitude is Defined by our Life Condition Almost a year ago, I gave a presentation entitled, "Buddhahood Begins in the Bathroom." The idea for that speech came to me by joining two completely separate thoughts I had from some articles I read, but the idea seemed to make a lot of sense to me at the time--and it illustrates the fact that how we perceive our life is very dependent on our false Richard 2003-07-11T02:55:43-07:00 2003-07-11T09:55:43Z 2003-07-11T09:55:43Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526106.post-105791734371556813 Enlightenment Defined as Absolute Happiness Buddhahood; Enlightenment; Nirvana. These are perhaps the most central pieces of Buddhist jargon that anyone would hear, generally defined as a profound awareness achieved through various Buddhist practices. For anyone unaccustomed to such practices, they may seem utterly bizarre, even frightening to some, because it is so far from the norm of false Richard 2003-06-29T12:21:24-07:00 2003-06-29T19:21:24Z 2003-06-29T19:21:24Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526106.post-105691448404848412 The Mystic Law as the First Rule of Law In Buddhism there is the concept of the Mystic Law, which in essence is the law that governs all life in the universe. This law could be summarized as the "Mystic Law of Cause and Effect" which basically says that everything in the universe is governed by the law that "for every action/thought/word (cause) there is an equal reaction (effect) that false