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Beginner's Heart
the Beatitudes, Buddhism, and living a good life
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Britton Gildersleeve
A discussion on my FB page began w/ my heartfelt anger at recent attempts (many successful) to discriminate against gay & trangender men & women. An old friend & former colleague pointed out that most Christians (at least here in America) are far more familiar w/ the 10 Commandments than the Beatitudes. It was a…
Parinirvana Day (thoughts on death and dying)
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Britton Gildersleeve
When I was very young, I was afraid the people I loved — mostly my old ladies — would die. And their deaths were important only as they impacted me (remember, I was a child). I would lose them. And be utterly lost without them. Even then, product though I was of Methodist vacation Bible…
the rock of the multiplication, and feeding the hungry
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Britton Gildersleeve
If I were a Christian, I would be a member of a small church. A very small church indeed, in Tabgha, a small village on the Sea of Galilee. The Church of the Multiplication, where the miracle of the loaves & fishes occurred. Five loaves & two fishes, made many — a familiar parable to…
our basic goodness, metta, and the Golden Rule
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Britton Gildersleeve
At some point, we need to stop identifying with our weaknesses and shift our allegiance to our basic goodness. ~ Pema Chodron I love this directive. And I especially like that it comes from a Buddhist thinker I so admire & respect. Because this, it seems to me, is the heart of the difference between…
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