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Thomas Bien
Dec 25, 20201 min
Be Your Own Dalia Lama
Visiting the Santa Fe ski area years ago, someone asked the Dalai Lama about the meaning of life. He chuckled in his delightful way and...
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Thomas Bien
Dec 25, 20201 min
Chasing Lizards
Chasing Lizards With winter weather here, my dog is deprived of one of his most cherished pastimes: chasing lizards. Is he actually...
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Thomas Bien
Dec 25, 20202 min
Why Did the Bodhidharma Go to China
Why Did the Bodhidharma Go To China? This is a classic Zen koan—a question that eludes simple, linear answers, frustrating the mind so...
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Thomas Bien
Dec 25, 20202 min
The Demise of Love
The philosopher George Santayana famously said that those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to relive them. So when it...
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Thomas Bien
Dec 25, 20202 min
Skillful Speech
Skillful Speech We all know that speech should be truthful. This is a high standard. If you try for just one day to say nothing untrue...
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Thomas Bien
Dec 25, 20201 min
Chopping Wood, Carrying Water
Zen is said to be about doing ordinary things, such as chopping wood and carrying water. We don’t need to be doing anything...
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Thomas Bien
Dec 25, 20202 min
Walking Your Path
Walking Your Path If you have a spiritual path, and you are walking solidly on it, then you have nothing left to fear. You can encounter...
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Thomas Bien
Dec 25, 20201 min
Lessons on Being Sick
In a recent bout with the flu, I noted a few things. Your universe shrinks: there is your bed, the kitchen for water and the pantry for...
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Thomas Bien
Dec 25, 20202 min
Loving the Unlovable in Ourselves
Chances are, there are things about yourself that you would have trouble admitting to anyone, things that are kept in the deepest corners...
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Thomas Bien
Dec 25, 20202 min
Heroes of Everyday Life
When we think of heroes, we may think of the classical kind such as Achilles, Ulysses, and Aeneas. But these Heroes (with a capital H)...
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