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Verses of Sharing and Aspiration Verses of Sharing and Aspiration Posted: 14 Mar 2012 08:59 PM PDT from Buddha Space Through the goodness that arises from my practice, May my spiritual teachers and guides of great virtue, My mother, my father, and my relatives, The Sun and the Moon, and all virtuous leaders of the world, May the highest gods and evil forces, Celestial beings, guardian spirits of the Earth, and the Lord of Death, May those who are friendly, indifferent, or hostile, May all beings receive the blessings of my life. Mat they soon attain the threefold bliss and realize the Deathless. Through the goodness that arises from my practice, And through this act of sharing, May all desires and attachments quickly cease And all harmful states of mind. Until I realize Nibbana, In every kind of birth, may I have an upright mind, With mindfulness and wisdom, austerity and vigor. May the forces of delusion not take hold nor weaken my resolve. The Buddha is my ...

Story of Sokei-an and Ruth Fuller Sasaki to get Kickstarter boost Story of Sokei-an and Ruth Fuller Sasaki to get Kickstarter boost Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:38 AM PDT Archivist and author Janica Anderson is currently writing a biography on Ruth Fuller Everett Sasaki and Sokei-an Sasaki , an endeavor that's taken her a good decade to research and write; she also hopes for a feature film to accompany it. She's started a Kickstarter campaign to find sources of funding, an approach that has proven successful for many other writers and filmmakers. Sokei-an was a Rinzai Zen teacher from Japan, and Ruth was an American aristocrat who later married Sokei-an. Janica is an archivist of spoken audio recordings, with 13 archives under her care (the largest of which is the Esalen Institute archive). She is also seeking funds to digitize the archives (separate from the current campaign). See www.bigsurtapes.com . Why does she need funding? Here's her explanati...

53rd anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day: March 10, 2012 53rd anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day: March 10, 2012 Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:33 PM PST 50th Anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising 2009 March 10, 2012 will be a day of protest for many Tibetans and Tibetan supporters around the world, marking the 53rd anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising . The date is so significant for Tibetans that the Kalon Tripa (or, Prime Minister) of Tibet (in exile), Lobsang Sangay, lists his birthday as falling on March 10, 1968 ; born in a refugee camp, however, he doesn't know the actual exact date of his birth. The March 10 protests will follow recent demonstrations and protests like  those we reported on previously in New York and India. In Philadelphia, marchers will meet at City Hall at 10 am and begin a march toward Independence Mall downtown at 12 pm. In all, this event will last until 4 pm and will have a video presentation, prayers, speeches, singing, p...