http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ ...A Buddhist Trainee en Vox Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:33:42 +0000 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/the-first-post-of-2008---happy-face.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Gareth) http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/the-first-post-of-2008---happy-face.html?_c=feed-rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/the-first-post-of-2008---happy-face.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:33:42 +0000 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500e398d526eb0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500e398d526eb0003-50si" alt="Clown" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/the-first-post-of-2008---happy-face.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500e398d51cff0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> painting clown art artrage http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/buddhist-christian-dialouge.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Gareth) http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/buddhist-christian-dialouge.html?_c=feed-rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/buddhist-christian-dialouge.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:57:16 +0100 Saturday was the first in a series of day workshops at The Maitri Project, our pastoral care project in Leicester. It was a Buddhist Christian Exploration Engaging with Faith. Partly the day was valuable to me, because it gave me the impetus to in... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/buddhist-christian-dialouge.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500cd9737a2434cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> religion buddhism christianity interfaith maitri http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/23rd-anniversary-of-peace-pagoda.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Gareth) http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/23rd-anniversary-of-peace-pagoda.html?_c=feed-rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/23rd-anniversary-of-peace-pagoda.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:44:09 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d414431e846a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d414431e846a47-50si" alt="Dharmavidya in Garden" /></a> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d414431e8d6a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d414431e8d6a47-50si" alt="Peace Pagoda" /></a> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d414431e5d6a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d414431e5d6a47-50si" alt="Stupa &amp; lotus petals" /></a> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d09e794c89be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d09e794c89be2b-50si" alt="Monks and nuns in procession" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> On Sunday, 17th, Dharmavidya, Prasada, Susthama and I attended the celebration of the 23rd Anniversary of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Peace Pagoda at Milton Keynes. The aim of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji order, a Nichiren order, is world peace, The first Peac... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/23rd-anniversary-of-peace-pagoda.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d414431f3e6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> photos buddhist sangha nipponzan-myōhōji peace pagoda nichiren http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/mystical-and-the-neurological.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Gareth) http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/mystical-and-the-neurological.html?_c=feed-rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/mystical-and-the-neurological.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:46:40 +0100 In my previous post, I spoke of my own mystical or spiritual experience. Now, briefly, I want to say provide some theoretical context for events like this. There's a great deal of work being done by neurologists on brain/experience correlation, w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/mystical-and-the-neurological.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500cd9734a7014cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> psychology neurology mystical experience spiritual experience http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/experiencing-the-mystic.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Gareth) http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/experiencing-the-mystic.html?_c=feed-rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/experiencing-the-mystic.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:44:29 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/video/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d09e767b5bbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d09e767b5bbe2b-50si" alt="Birdhouse in your soul" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Saturday I spent the day in London, at a conference organised by the Alister Hardy Trust a research centre for religious experiences. A long day, in some ways and much too warm for me, but really interesting talks, and great to meet up with Tony ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/experiencing-the-mystic.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500cd97349a464cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> spiritual mystic pureland mystical experience spiritual experience alister hardy trust http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/misery-the-secret-to-happiness.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Gareth) http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/misery-the-secret-to-happiness.html?_c=feed-rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/misery-the-secret-to-happiness.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:41:29 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/book/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d09e6cff0bbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d09e6cff0bbe2b-50si" alt="The Feeling Buddha" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> From the BBC The key to a happy relationship could be accepting that some miserable times are unavoidable, experts say. Therapists from California State University, Fresno and Virginia Tech say accepting these problems is better than striving f... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/misery-the-secret-to-happiness.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d4143c27726a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> buddhism psychology four noble truths http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/grace.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Gareth) http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/grace.html?_c=feed-rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/grace.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:14:42 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d4143e3f793c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d4143e3f793c7f-50si" alt="Taima Mandala" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> What's this desire for contact? This yearning in my heart? To turn away from silence, Not to stay apart. 'Surround yourself with voices' The voice inside me cries. 'Support yourself with bodies, 'A friend on every side' If I rest in silence, T... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/grace.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d09e720edfbe2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry buddhism grace amida mandala pureland http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-gimme-a-hand.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Gareth) http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-gimme-a-hand.html?_c=feed-rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-gimme-a-hand.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:10:20 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d4143dee473c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d4143dee473c7f-50si" alt="Handy" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Show us your hand. Submitted by Chris. From the Scafoid to the Distal My gently jointed bones. Flexor carpi radialis Moulds them into forms A gentle curve, a nestled palm A lightly crooked finger, Slowly moves and gestures make Pausing in a Mu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/vox-hunt-gimme-a-hand.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d4143df00f3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry poem my hand vox hunt http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/a-series-of-unfortunate-distractions.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Gareth) http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/a-series-of-unfortunate-distractions.html?_c=feed-rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/a-series-of-unfortunate-distractions.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:30:46 +0100 For Sale Writers Block Almost New Ideal for chop ping words up on Resting on my dusty windowsill, A page that's not yet faded by the sun Still unwritten - blank - the day's not done. A pen, draws ink across the dusky white, Midnight in circles,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/a-series-of-unfortunate-distractions.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d4143b41d26a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry words http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/briefly-who-am-i.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Gareth) http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/briefly-who-am-i.html?_c=feed-rss http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/briefly-who-am-i.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 31 May 2007 16:02:57 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d4143d33f63c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d4143d33f63c7f-50si" alt="Embankment 2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> If, like Malkovich I could step inside The doorway to my mind I would meet a stack Of frozen objects Boxes, holding friends Past loves; people, Art and toys and Holding them in place - An idea I have. Of whom I think I am: An empty mannequin;... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daysinthelife.vox.com/library/post/briefly-who-am-i.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd972b20fd4cd500d41436b617685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry self mind emptyness