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an Okie girl finds the Buddha ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
Occasionally people ask me how (why?) I became a Buddhist. And the deal is… I didn’t, actually.At least , not until quite late, and then only if you count my bodhisattva vow a few years ago. Long after I identified as a Buddhist, in other words. So what turns an Okie girl, raised in the…
the way home ~ faith and the trouble with poets…
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Britton Gildersleeve
I’m an expat brat — raised from the age of 8 overseas. Spending those years when experts say you ‘attach’ to a place somewhere else. Then somewhere after that, and somewhere after that, and somewhere else after that. I can count more than 20 moves that I remember; I’m pretty sure there are more than…
the teacher is the web is everywhere ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
Lately it seems like everywhere I look I learn. I’m learning from the poems on the lists I subscribe to. I’m learning from the birds feeding on the deck (the much-maligned sparrows line up to take turns at their saucer of water). I’m learning (always) from my students. I’m thinking that’s what Buddhism means when…
‘God is Not a Christian’ & other universals ~
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Britton Gildersleeve
I’ve written about this quote (his book‘s title) from Biship Tutu before. But in the mania ‘remembering’ the horrible nightmare that is the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy, it’s good to hear. Unlike some, I see nothing good that has come from 9/11. War, with its thousands and thousands of deaths? The acceptance of increased…
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