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  • can we move on and keep faith?

    We have to keep in mind how being careful can evolve our thinking and how carelessness  can devolve it. Committing ourselves to a course rarely happens as a straight line. This is unfortunate,  primarily because folks get discouraged. But we have… Continue reading

  • There is no one here

    After my good brother Andrew Teeter shared his experiences living in Korea and learning about the sacred traditions of the Korean people, we took a brief break. On our return, I lectured on the basic points of the Buddha Dharma… Continue reading

    There is no one here

  • Lonely Nation, Touch Starved People

    Americans exist in a sociocultural habitat where touching is discouraged. Yet we are primates, embodied beings evolved to live through, with, and in our senses. And tactility or touching as a sense makes us feel connected–to each other, to our… Continue reading

    Lonely Nation, Touch Starved People

  • Non-violence, non-attachment, non-singularity

    Because we were behind in our class readings/lectures, I spent the day making sure we focused on Jain Dharma. Continue reading

    Non-violence, non-attachment, non-singularity

  • Affects, Bodies, Religions

    Well said as always… Continue reading

  • Bhakti Redux

    Today’s class we went over the concept of Bhakti for a little while before we spent the majority of time in a circle discussing the purpose of education: devotion to learning, coming to knowledge, bettering our situation in the world… Continue reading

    Bhakti Redux

  • Diversity of worship, unity of thought

    Because we had roamed around in and out of a few topics yesterday, I decided to mostly lecture today with the hope that we would catch up a bit but that there would still be a lot of good questions… Continue reading

    Diversity of worship, unity of thought

  • Coordination, Subordination, and Exordination

    Yesterday in our class, the discussion led me to talk for a little bit about a distinction originally made by Marcuse, I believe, regarding soft versus hard totalitarianism. I extended this description out to all manner of group structures that lead… Continue reading

    Coordination, Subordination, and Exordination

  • Ordering expectations

    In Tuesday’s class, we touched on the diverse story traditions from ancient India. My colleagues spent time at the beginning of our meeting talking with each other about what they had discovered about Indian sacred traditions, and what questions this… Continue reading

    Ordering expectations

  • Introducing the Reality of Reality

    Beginning our section on Hinduism today. So I decided to do two lecture sessions. Continue reading

    Introducing the Reality of Reality