It’s the first thing you grab when you wake up in the morning. It’s the last thing you touch before falling asleep at night. It’s never out of arms reach. You check in on it when walking from one room to another. It’s on your mind when you’re talking to…
Tag: non-attachment
Sports
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Professional Sports: Your Instant Sangha
The sense of community found in following your local professional sports team can be as subtle as the nod you give someone wearing the same ball cap as you at your local coffee shop. It can be as thunderous as the home crowd erupting after your star slugger hits a…
Video Games
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The Oregon Trail: Your Traumatic Introduction to the Middle Way
“First, I lost my father to dysentery. Then… my Mother. Next, both my brother and sister succumbed to dysentery. Finally, I felt the disease working its way through my digestive tract, and I knew I had dysentery as well. We never completed our journey.” No, this isn’t an excerpt from…
Film and TV
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Silent Bob-hisattva: A Master of Right Speech
We can find the Dharma all around us. Sometimes in the most unlikely of places, like a fat man in an overcoat from New Jersey. Kevin Smith’s character “Silent Bob” is most know for the crude jokes, drug use and the zany adventures he and his “hetero life mate” Jay…
Lifestyles
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Why Film Photography Is the Ultimate Zen Practice for a Mindful Life
Pull out your cell phone and open up your photo gallery. Do you have ten to fifteen nearly identical versions of every picture on your digital camera roll? If the answer is yes, read on. We’ll teach you how to pare down that massive photo library while simultaneously living a…
Media
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NFTs and Non-Attachment: From Digital Monkeys to Buddhist Monks
The NFT art fad has come and gone. Leaving some savvy early adopters with their pockets lined with gold and others holding the bag. While some people may have been separated from their hard earned dollars, they are now rich in knowledge about the Buddhist concept of non-attachment, dependent origination…
Music
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Why Did Blink-182 Name Their First Demo Buddha?
Breathtaking images of various Buddhas throughout history are as ubiquitous as The Dharma itself. The immense Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan China, the stunning Great Buddha of Thailand, and… the four inch tall Buddha featured on the cover of Blink-182’s demo cassette “Buddha“? While not as awe-inspiring or magnificent as…