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From East to East: Why a Chinese Buddhist Became an Athonite Monk
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From East to East. On the Journey from Asian Philosophy (Buddhism, Taoism, and Vedanta) to the Heart of Eastern Orthodoxy. Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Why a Chinese Buddhist Became an Athonite Monk. The following comes from the excellent website "Journeys to Orthodoxy" - which you can find a link to on my sidebar. Why a Chinese Buddhist Became an Athonite Monk. My friends and I got curious to ask him about this. Were you a Buddhist? Yes, of course, I was a Buddhist.". What won you over to Christianity? At thi...
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From East to East: June 2013
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From East to East. On the Journey from Asian Philosophy (Buddhism, Taoism, and Vedanta) to the Heart of Eastern Orthodoxy. Thursday, June 6, 2013. The Method of the Jesus Prayer. The following is from Archimandrite Sophrony’s wonderful book “His Life is Mine.” Sophrony was a true spiritual elder, a modern-day Saint, and he’s an invaluable resource for anyone who is coming to Orthodoxy from one of the Asian traditions. The Method of the Jesus Prayer. True Prayer Comes Through Faith and Repentance. Finally...
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C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength: March 2014
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CS Sloan's Integral Strength. SERIOUS STRENGTH TRAINING, SERIOUS MARTIAL ARTS, SERIOUS SPIRITUALITY, NO B.S! Saturday, March 29, 2014. Hard Work and Proper Programming. Nothing is Worth Having in Life that Doesn’t Require Hard Work, but it Has. To be Performed Correctly. 8220;By nature, men are nearly the same. By practice, they become vastly different.”. I have two teenage boys. When they were younger—around 5 and 6, I think—I wanted them to become involved in martial arts. Unfortunately, schools like t...
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C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength: April 2014
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CS Sloan's Integral Strength. SERIOUS STRENGTH TRAINING, SERIOUS MARTIAL ARTS, SERIOUS SPIRITUALITY, NO B.S! Friday, April 18, 2014. Big Beyond Belief, HIT, Phil Hernon, and Other Things from the '90s. Before you even begin this post, let me warn you: it may be one of the most rambling. Things I’ve written. This is primarily because I’m not sure if I know exactly what the hell I’m going to say—which has never exactly stopped me in the past, mind you—but I. Have several things on my mind as of late. I thi...
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C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength: All Hail the Apocalypse! The End of the Overtraining Myth, Part 3
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CS Sloan's Integral Strength. SERIOUS STRENGTH TRAINING, SERIOUS MARTIAL ARTS, SERIOUS SPIRITUALITY, NO B.S! Friday, July 3, 2015. All Hail the Apocalypse! The End of the Overtraining Myth, Part 3. The Squat Nemesis Training Journal, Part 3. I am in day two of week three, and my body is definitely feeling it. I’ve never felt such an insane amount of delayed onset muscle soreness in all my days on this scorched earth! Okay, that may be stretching it just slightly, but you get the point.). Onward I push wi...
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From East to East: From Eastern Philosophy to Eastern Orthodoxy
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From East to East. On the Journey from Asian Philosophy (Buddhism, Taoism, and Vedanta) to the Heart of Eastern Orthodoxy. Thursday, April 25, 2013. From Eastern Philosophy to Eastern Orthodoxy. From Eastern Philosophy to Eastern Orthodoxy. Welcome to my new blog. For the last 8 or 9 months, I’ve had a blog entitled “Blue Jean Theosis.”. But the problem is that it was “all over the place”—for lack of a better phrase. It was in many ways nothing more than a “personal” blog. From Eastern philosophy and rel...
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From East to East: Archimandrite Sophrony on True Prayer
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From East to East. On the Journey from Asian Philosophy (Buddhism, Taoism, and Vedanta) to the Heart of Eastern Orthodoxy. Monday, April 29, 2013. Archimandrite Sophrony on True Prayer. Archimandrite Sophrony on True Prayer. The following is an excerpt from his book “His Life is Mine [1]. 8221; It is on real prayer as it’s viewed from the Orthodox perspective:. To pray like that every morning is not easy [2]. But if we pray from our heart,. Who verily sends His blessings upon us, liberates the soul from ...
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C.S. Sloan's Integral Strength: June 2014
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CS Sloan's Integral Strength. SERIOUS STRENGTH TRAINING, SERIOUS MARTIAL ARTS, SERIOUS SPIRITUALITY, NO B.S! Wednesday, June 11, 2014. The Best Leg Workout You've Never Tried! The Best Leg Workout You’ve Never Tried! Two things work the best when it comes to moving massive amounts of weight, and/or gaining massive amounts of muscle: Simple work, combined with hard work. Nothing else is going to cut it. I could never have said it better myself. I also have a good feeling that a whole lot of lifters know.