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		<title>The Ugly Face of Commercial Pseudo-Buddhist Self-Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NellaLou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post would be purely personal opinion of course, but then so is most of what you read, watch and hear so it&#8217;s no different than the rest of Samsara.
Pseudo-Buddhist Self-Help marketer Bill Harris, buddy of Genpo, the infamous Big Mind hawker, has issued a cease and desist order against blogger Duff McDuffee of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enlightenmentward.wordpress.com&blog=2892531&post=1812&subd=enlightenmentward&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whatever You Did for One</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NellaLou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.&#8217;&#8230;&#8217;I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enlightenmentward.wordpress.com&blog=2892531&post=1800&subd=enlightenmentward&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude vs Gratification-a little Pali exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NellaLou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Monks, these two people are hard to find in the world. Which two? The one who is first to do a kindness, and the one who is grateful for a kindness done and feels obligated to repay it. These two people are hard to find in the world.&#8221; Dullabha Sutta: Hard to Find

Consider the difference [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enlightenmentward.wordpress.com&blog=2892531&post=1798&subd=enlightenmentward&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NellaLou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The term Right Lifestyle is borrowed from the post tags on One City blog. (Londro has an interesting post there about Buddhism and Activism)]
The Questions
Is Lifestyle Activism an expression of privilege? Is Buddhism becoming a Lifestyle Accessory for the privileged Lifestyle Activist? These are the two questions that concern me in this post.
Lifestyle Activism
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		<title>General Blog Ramble and a Little Stardust</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NellaLou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jumping on the bandwagon of the blog ramble-re-organizing, re-designing, re-thinking and so forth. Maybe it&#8217;s the time of year. (musical interlude)
And maybe it&#8217;s the time of year, Yes and maybe it&#8217;s the time of man. And I don&#8217;t know who I am, But life is for learning.&#8217; We are stardust, we are golden, We are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enlightenmentward.wordpress.com&blog=2892531&post=1777&subd=enlightenmentward&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NellaLou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s Disabled People&#8217;s Performing Arts Troupe was started in the late 1980&#8217;s to give an opportunity of artistic expression to those with disabilities in mainland China. There has been a great deal of stigma attached to disabled people in China, and while that continues, some steps are being taken to alleviate the situation.
The principle dancer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enlightenmentward.wordpress.com&blog=2892531&post=1771&subd=enlightenmentward&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ven. Tenzin Palmo Makes a Statement Regarding Bhikkuni Ordination Controversy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ven. Tenzin Palmo is the well known nun who spent 12 years in The Cave in the Snow in the Himalayas of Northern India. (short bio here) She has established a nunnery, Dongyu Gatsal Ling, in Himachal province of India.
On a Facebook group dedicated to Women and the Forest Sangha a response has been posted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enlightenmentward.wordpress.com&blog=2892531&post=1767&subd=enlightenmentward&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Wars-James Shaheen Responds to a Blogger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NellaLou</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out TMcG&#8217;s blog Full Contact Enlightenment for a thorough response from Tricycle Publisher and Editor James Shaheen about the Dharma Wars issue. It&#8217;s all in the comments. It comes immediately after my comment. Just another one of those interesting coincidences in life
http://fullcontactenlightenment.com/2009/12/dudewheresmylightsaber/
The blog author has then apparently retracted her criticism after James&#8217;  lecture.
http://fullcontactenlightenment.com/2009/12/the-sequel/
I&#8217;ve added [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=enlightenmentward.wordpress.com&blog=2892531&post=1756&subd=enlightenmentward&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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