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		<title>Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was speaking with a supporter of the monastery about opera today when I mentioned this one being my favorite choral pieces. To see Tibetan and Cambodian children singing in Italian, especially about this dream of a free home, is really moving. For the lyrics and more info about this this piece, see Và Pensiero. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dhammabum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4420222&amp;post=1350&amp;subd=dhammabum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>[re] Visiting the Kālāma Sutta</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashin Sopāka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bodhipaksa has a running series on his site entitled &#8220;Fake Buddha Quotes&#8221;. The category link is dead, so you&#8217;ll have to do a bit of searching to find the individual posts. He&#8217;s not addressed this one yet, but it happens to be one of the ones that concerns me quite a bit: &#8220;Believe nothing, no [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dhammabum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4420222&amp;post=1321&amp;subd=dhammabum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Dad 20 Sep 1941 &#8211; 2 Feb 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashin Sopāka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a life well lived. Safe journeys ahead “Aniccā vata saṅkhārā Uppādavayadhammino Uppajjitvā nirujjhanti Tesaṁ vūpasamo sukho. “Dukkhā vata saṅkhārā Uppādavayadhammino Uppajjitvā nirujjhanti Tesaṁ vūpasamo sukho. “Anattā vata saṅkhārā Uppādavayadhammino Uppajjitvā nirujjhanti Tesaṁ vūpasamo sukho.”<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dhammabum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4420222&amp;post=1304&amp;subd=dhammabum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking the Term &#8220;Rebirth&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashin Sopāka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dharmadasa Bhikkhu: Recently I was trying to explain the difference between re-becoming and re-birth, as I understand the terms. The latter term, in my opinion, is from a misunderstanding of the Buddha’s teaching, but it has become generally accepted, without reflection. The Pali term in question is “punabbhava”. You will not find the Buddha [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dhammabum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4420222&amp;post=1289&amp;subd=dhammabum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Service for Others</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashin Sopāka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Go your ways, oh monks, for the benefit and happiness of many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, benefit, and happiness of gods and men. Let no two go in the same direction. Teach, oh monks, the Dhamma, which is beneficial in the beginning, in the middle, and at the end— both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dhammabum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4420222&amp;post=1276&amp;subd=dhammabum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mandala Publications &#8211; &#8220;Distorted Visions&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashin Sopāka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Mandala Publications: &#8220;As Buddhism has encountered modernity, it runs against widespread prejudices, both religious and anti-religious, and it is common for all those with such biases to misrepresent Buddhism, either intentionally or unintentionally. click here to read the rest<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dhammabum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4420222&amp;post=1272&amp;subd=dhammabum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Interesting Observation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashin Sopāka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zoe Pollock, on Andrew Sullivan&#8217;s The Daily Dish, quotes Mark Vernon&#8217;s &#8220;&#8230; lovely rumination on the philosophy of Emily Dickinson&#8217;s poetry: What she realizes is that the truth which is beyond us, which is discerned only indirectly, is the only truth that is truly worth seeking. That which we can readily grasp and manipulate is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dhammabum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4420222&amp;post=1263&amp;subd=dhammabum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Live!</title>
		<link>http://dhammabum.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashin Sopāka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” &#8211; Henry David Thoreau<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dhammabum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4420222&amp;post=1255&amp;subd=dhammabum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vayama Bhante</title>
		<link>http://dhammabum.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/vayama-bhante/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashin Sopāka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[观禅者最烦闷的，就是在修行时那颗不能驯服，野性蹦腾的心，不断生起不善的思维，干扰着情绪，让行者不能专注于目标的生灭，对初学者或 part-time 的行者，只须观照它而心也需默念，知到知道。。。乱想乱想。。。计划计划。。。心跑心跑。。等等，然后再回到禅修的主要目标就可。 对于密集禅修者，或已进入禅修第二阶段清净道观智者，当不善心的生起时，一定要细心专注观照它，如何生起、为何生起、从何生起等，必需看清和了解其真相，就知道怎样去灭除它，排除它，才能快速培养起正念和正定，智慧才能快速成长矣！Sadhu! &#8211; Vayama Bhante, 馬來西亞檳城 (Penang, Malaysia) &#8211; quoted from Facebook [Update]To my English readers, I&#8217;m really sorry there is no English translation here; this is a REAL weakness of mine. If someone out there would like to take a stab at it, I will insert it in this post.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dhammabum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4420222&amp;post=1249&amp;subd=dhammabum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Population Graphic</title>
		<link>http://dhammabum.wordpress.com/2010/08/14/population-graphic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashin Sopāka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pretty cool graphic on the our planet&#8217;s population:click to enlarge<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dhammabum.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4420222&amp;post=1243&amp;subd=dhammabum&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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