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The Natural Buddhist: January 2010
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A naturalist tries out Buddhism. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. Exploring Natural Buddhism - Part Three: Buddhism Demystified. Turns out. not exactly. Now, it is certainly true that there are Buddhists who believe those things- I certainly won't argue that. There are Buddhist sects that number in the tens, and even hundreds, of millions that believe those things, sure. I find the topic of rebirth in Buddhism to be an interesting one, and I freely confess that I am still a bit of an amateur when it comes to...
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The Natural Buddhist: Exploring Natural Buddhism - Part Three: Buddhism Demystified
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A naturalist tries out Buddhism. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. Exploring Natural Buddhism - Part Three: Buddhism Demystified. Turns out. not exactly. Now, it is certainly true that there are Buddhists who believe those things- I certainly won't argue that. There are Buddhist sects that number in the tens, and even hundreds, of millions that believe those things, sure. I find the topic of rebirth in Buddhism to be an interesting one, and I freely confess that I am still a bit of an amateur when it comes to...
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The Natural Buddhist: Exploring Natural Buddhism - Part Five: The Four Noble Truths
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A naturalist tries out Buddhism. Thursday, April 1, 2010. Exploring Natural Buddhism - Part Five: The Four Noble Truths. The Four Noble Truths. Where do I begin? The Four Noble Truths are, as I said, kind of the "philosophy" of Buddhism, so much of this post may sound like repetition of things I've already written. Indeed, observant readers will notice a similarity between this post and the last one. The story of the Buddha was crafted intentionally to illustrate the Four Noble Truths. Finally, he arose ...
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The Natural Buddhist: March 2010
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A naturalist tries out Buddhism. Tuesday, March 30, 2010. The Buddha - on PBS. Set your TiVos, people! Anyone looking for a crash course in Buddhism that is also surprisingly deep should definitely check it out. Http:/ www.pbs.org/thebuddha/. Links to this post. Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Exploring Natural Buddhism - Part Four: Who was the Buddha? Well," said the monk, "whoever came up with the Four Noble Truths, that is my Buddha.". Let me ask you a question: is that story true? Legends say that there was ...
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The Natural Buddhist: What does Charles Darwin have to do with Buddhism?
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A naturalist tries out Buddhism. Friday, February 12, 2010. What does Charles Darwin have to do with Buddhism? Cleaned up and reposted from last year's Darwin Day). Charles Darwin was a very empathic man, who cared a great deal about the suffering of others. And not just "others" as in his peers, but beings all over the globe, from humans in slavery all the way down to birds and insects and even plants. But the attitudes (called Malthusian theory. It was this realization. That led Darwin to the conclusio...
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The Natural Buddhist: August 2009
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A naturalist tries out Buddhism. Wednesday, August 19, 2009. I have a confession to make to my digital journal: since my Sundays have been so busy that I've been unable to attend my local Sangha, I have not been meditating. At all. Maybe you've never done that, but I'm sure you can think of other examples. What are daydreams, if not us getting carried away in our thoughts, away from the prosaic world around us? You will realize that your thoughts- which we tend to think of as the ultimate expression of S...
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The Natural Buddhist: February 2010
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A naturalist tries out Buddhism. Friday, February 12, 2010. What does Charles Darwin have to do with Buddhism? Cleaned up and reposted from last year's Darwin Day). Charles Darwin was a very empathic man, who cared a great deal about the suffering of others. And not just "others" as in his peers, but beings all over the globe, from humans in slavery all the way down to birds and insects and even plants. But the attitudes (called Malthusian theory. It was this realization. That led Darwin to the conclusio...
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The Natural Buddhist: May 2009
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A naturalist tries out Buddhism. Wednesday, May 27, 2009. So, I haven't posted in a while. Mostly because, as I said two posts ago, I've been crazy busy trying to help run my wife's business- how she did it for so long by herself, I'll never know. She's amazing, that's all I've got to say about that. That said, I'd like to talk about Buddhism and naturalism. Hollywood Science 101, and it's more or less right. But what actually goes on in the DNA at the cellular level? Every cell in your body carries, in ...
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