A few evenings ago, I watched a beautiful documentary the story of the Buddha. The movie was produced by the BBC and called “The Life of the Buddha.” The Dalai Lama appears frequently to give his insights into the story of the Buddha. The highlights of the movie include the four messengers the young Siddhartha […]
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The Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone
Dear Sangha, today is the fifth of April 1998. We are in the Upper Hamlet, in Spring Retreat. Now we have come to the liturgy for Thursday morning. It includes the Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone, and the Sutra on the Forty Verses or Ratnagunasamcaya. The Sutra on Knowing the Better […]
The World Without Humans
Did you ever catch an episode of Life After People on the History Channel? The ones I saw were quite thought provoking. Alan Weisman has written a book called, “The World Without Us.” In an interview with Tricycle Magazine, he spoke about global warming, population control, and what the world without humans would look like. […]
