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Author: anagarika eddie rock
Company: Dhammabucha Rocksprings Meditation Rereat Sanctua
Residence: Barksdale, Texas
Website: www.dhammarocksprings.org/
Memorable Quote 1: We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world
Memorable Quote 2: Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Author Comment / Biography:
Anagarika eddie is a meditation teacher at the Dhammabucha Rocksprings Meditation Retreat Sanctuary and author of "A Year to Enlightenment." His 30 years of meditation experience has taken him across four continents including two stopovers in Thailand where he practiced in the remote northeast forests as an ordained Thervada Buddhist monk.
He lived at Wat Pah Nanachat under Ajahn Chah, at Wat Pah Baan Taad under Ajahn Maha Boowa, and at Wat Pah Daan Wi Weg under Ajahn Tui. He had been a postulant at Shasta Abbey, a Zen Buddhist monastery in northern California under Roshi Kennett; and a Theravada Buddhist anagarika at both Amaravati Monastery in the UK and Bodhinyanarama Monastery in New Zealand, both under Ajahn Sumedho. The author has meditated with the Korean Master Sueng Sahn Sunim; with Bhante Gunaratana at the Bhavana Society in West Virginia; and with the Tibetan Master Trungpa Rinpoche in Boulder, Colorado. He has also practiced at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and the Zen Center in San Francisco.
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1. Hurdling Through Our Lives
February 08, 2010
Why can't my neighbors be nice people instead of idiots? Where have all the intelligent people in America gone? When I move out of here things will be better. If only I can stay here, things will be alright. Why can't she see how controlling she is. Why can't he keep a job, like other husbands? If o...
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2. Thoughtless People
February 06, 2010
Pick up any newspaper or get online and you will find endless stories of thoughtless people, people who, rather than being thoughtless or without thoughts, are actually filled with thoughts - thoughts about themselves! So much so that they can't see what is directly in front of them, and being blind...
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3. What is the Most Important Thing in a Romantic Relationship?
February 04, 2010
There's gotta be a millions of articles about relationships. Books, too. If you are thinking about writing a book, put "relationship" in the title and you will have agents beating down your door! Instead of "How to Fix a Toilet," title you book, "How to Have a Good Relationship With Your Toilet Whil...
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4. How to Recognize a Saint if You Meet One On the Street
February 02, 2010
Saints have fourteen unforgettable characteristics that distinguish them, and when even just one of these traits are observed in someone, that observation prompts us to exclaim, "He/She is a saint!"
As we read about these fourteen traits, we might think that we can become saintly too by sim...
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5. A True Story of Lust and Seduction - With a Twist!
January 31, 2010
Twenty-six hundred years ago, Subbha the Buddhist nun was walking through a mango grove when a lustful young man blocked her path. Subbha the Nun: “What wrong have I done you that you stand in my way? It’s not proper my friend that a man should touch a woman gone forth (Buddhist nun who ...
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6. Why Do We Get Angry When Someone Disagrees With Us?
January 27, 2010
Let's say that one person loves the president, Bush or Obama, and another hates him. Then, anything that one would write positively about the president would be hated and disbelieved by the other, regardless of whether it was true or not. A strong bias would blind the president hater to any rationa...
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7. The Meditation Experience - 17 Important Steps
January 27, 2010
(Based on the teachings of Ajahn Brahm and Ajahn Thanissaro)
The goal of meditation is to calm and clear the mind until it becomes like a calm, pure lake with no ripples disturbing the surface. Then we can see down into the depths of our being, an experience that positively affects every asp...
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8. Living Mechanically
January 25, 2010
A machine does what it is programmed to do until it eventually breaks down. Until then, it repeats its limited, repetitive actions endlessly.
As human beings we are programmed as well, by our culture, our traditions, our education, but most importantly by our minds. There is usually very lit...
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9. Playing Racquetball, Playing Life, life's problems
January 25, 2010
In order to get good "court sense," a beginning racquetball player must put up with the difficulties of learning how the ball bounces; only then will they understand the ball's nature and become relaxed and proficient. The player must face the problems through practice, however. If they try to think...
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10. What We Fear Most
January 11, 2010
It's not surprising that most people don't know the answer to this question, because although the answer is obvious, the obvious is many times looked past just as we never see a clear lens but only what is beyond it.
And no, it isn't death that we fear most. We have rationalized that fear in...
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