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Linda Blanchard
Linda Blanchard
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RE: Hello from Oak Creek, Wisconsin!

Hi Mark, great to hear from you. It's been pretty quiet around here for a while now, I think ever since the website got hacked a year or more ago. Th...

4 days ago
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Re: Western practice of Tibeten Buddhism

Interesting questions, Ryokan. I hope some Westerners who have or have had a Tibetan Buddhist practice will come by and answer from their personal exp...

10 months ago
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Notes on Doug Smith's Video on Dependent Origination

It's about time, I guess, that I got around to watching this video of Doug's on my favorite subject, and I'm sorry I didn't do so much earlier. I may ...

11 months ago
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RE: Hello from Japan

Regarding all that, Ryokan, two things:First, when trying, as a native English speaker, to explain Buddhism to other native English speakers, I have t...

11 months ago
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RE: Welcome to the new community

@cmcosmos Sounds like you've got a great family, as well as a challenging job -- built a great life.

11 months ago
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RE: the use “sexual preference”

Hi Brian. Thanks for pointing this out. I've updated the term to "sexual orientation" as you suggested.

12 months ago
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On writing, and family

I love Scrivener, too!Not sure if Linda is your second wife or if she is the first, from whom you are divorced. I am divorced, too, and people find it...

12 months ago
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RE: Hello from Japan

All that made good sense, so you have no problem I can see with your translation into English.I think you are right that the Buddha doesn't tell us --...

12 months ago
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RE: Hello from Japan

Yes, that did answer my question, thanks. The idea of growing up in a culture with Buddhism in the foreground instead of Christianity fascinates me, s...

12 months ago
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RE: Welcome to the new community

@cmcosmos Thanks for asking about my writing. Since I'm not sure which sort of writing you'd like to read I'm going to go overboard and list several p...

12 months ago
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How we practice

@cmcosmos Honestly, I meditate way less these days than I used to, though it slips into my life almost daily a little bit at a time, just when I need ...

12 months ago
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RE: Secular Buddhist Ministry Certifications?

I have no official status around here so I'm just going to share my thoughts on certifications. While I can see how useful it would be, I lean more st...

12 months ago
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Just Saying NO to dead forums!

@jason Yep, the Secular Buddhist forum has been pretty dead, you're right. But I've set the intention to check in regular in the hope that we can kick...

12 months ago
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RE: Welcome to the new community

@cmcosmos Hi Carlos! Like you, it was reading Batchelor's Buddhism Without Beliefs that really drew me in to investigate Buddhism. And like you, it's ...

12 months ago
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RE: Lotus Sutra

I'm not particularly familiar with the Lotus Sutra, since my practice and study of Buddhism centers around the older talks passed on via Theravada, bu...

12 months ago
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