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Living with the Monks
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My Mentor gave me two instructions before I left to stay with the monks: 1) keep an open mind, and 2) bring back a flower. I’ll get back to you on that second one. So I packed and left early Friday morning for a weekend at the Wat Carolina Buddhist Monastery completely unaware of what to expect. Turns…
Mother’s Day
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Every year we set aside one day to honor our mothers. Some get breakfast in bed. We purchase gifts. We take our mothers out to dinner…all to celebrate on one day what our mothers do for our whole lives. Why not celebrate them everyday? The Buddha once said: Love the world as a mother loves…
Off to the Monastery
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How is everyone? Great to hear. Now I know you’re going to be upset; I am leaving for the Wat Carolina Buddhist Monastery in about 20 minutes which means no internet and therefore no highly interesting, enlightening, and charming blog posts for about 48 hours. Remember what we learned about attachments? I’m kidding. I love you.…
The Currency of Kindness
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The package in the mail was unexpected. My life changed once I pulled the contents from the envelope. I grew faint and nearly passed out from shock. This, was a random act of kindness. Brothers, Right Thought (from the Eightfold Path) consists of thought in which there is universal love. In reality, the love to which…
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