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Songkran, or Buddhist New Year in Thailand ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
Sawatdee pi Maï! Happy New Year! Well, almost — it’s Thursday, April 12th this year. In Thailand, this greeting is accompanied by joyful gouts of water — splashed on you, at you, over you. And while the New Year’s festival of Songkran falls in the spring (sometimes, like this year, in the same week as…
Buddhism for poets (and vice-versa…) ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
I’ve written about becoming a Buddhist elsewhere, but as with most of our memories, I may have that wrong. I may have been born w/ Buddhist longings, but I also may have found my Buddhist mind through poetry. Poetry is air and water, food and sleep to me. It has saved my life, paid karmic…
tea, best friends, and beginner’s heart ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
A couple of times a year, I get to see my best friend. She lives in Oregon, I’m in Oklahoma. It’s a long time between visits. But each time we get together, it’s kind of a refresher course in Buddhism (really — bear with me here). What’s important in our lives? Is it what we…
the last time, or, separation anxiety ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
I’m taking early retirement this year. And it’s changed the way I view almost everything. For one thing, apparently it’s not retirement if you’re not old enough. It’s ‘separation.’ So perhaps what I’m having is separation anxiety… Our culture defines us by what we do — our work, our roles. Now, I’m wondering what to…
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