Dec
31
Friday Contemplation
Grab your notebook and a pen, your coffee or tea. Take a seat outside, in your
room, or wherever you
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Greg Patenaude
Buddhist teacher, writer, lifelong learner and explorer dedicated to figuring out this thing we call life.
Dec
13
Innate value vs. earned value
In the Mahayana Buddhist traditions, there are two ways of speaking about our
true nature: the naturally abiding disposition (Tib.
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Dec
10
Friday Contemplation
Grab your notebook and a pen, your coffee or tea. Take a seat outside, in your
room, or wherever you
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Dec
06
Monkey trap.
Everyone knows how a monkey trap works.
Stick a banana or some enticing object into a jar or bottle with
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Nov
29
The truth of suffering.
We see suffering as many things in our life.
We see it as heartbreak and loss. We experience it as
2 min read
Nov
22
Carrying it on.
There is great purpose in carrying something.
We live in a world where much of what we do and are
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Nov
19
Friday Contemplation.
Grab your notebook and a pen, your coffee or tea. Take a seat outside, in your
room, or wherever you
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Nov
15
Where do I start?
Integrating your practice can be hard.
You try to be generous, patient and kind.
You try to sit with resistance
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Nov
08
The blocked artist.
In Dzogchen your true nature is introduced as the primordially liberated state
of natural freedom. It can be hard to
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Nov
05
Friday Contemplation.
Grab your notebook and a pen, your coffee or tea. Take a seat outside, in your
room, or wherever you
1 min read