Category Archives: Buddhism

anything relating to what I am learning about buddhism

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Posted on June 7, 2015 by Tom Childers

I’m learning some remarkable subtle lessons about how we all engage with each other, about our desire, and about karma. This is a happy coincidence of changes on the outside, a teaching I received yesterday, and my buddhist practice. I … Continue reading →

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attachment is a good thing

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Tom Childers

Fireworks are detonating in San Francisco tonight, as the SF Giants win the National League Championship, and go to the World Series. WOOOO-HOOOOO! Let me make my feelings clear! It’s especially sweet that Travis Ishikawa’s homer ended the game. He … Continue reading →

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returning home

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Tom Childers

Ah, home. The word means something different when we are days or weeks away. A driving trip to a distant place makes home far away, and I had lots of time to contemplate as I journeyed back with my Canadian … Continue reading →

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love and fear and fearlessness

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Tom Childers

I had a whole epiphany the other day, sitting with a glass of wine, and I can finally put it to words. Fear is not present. Funny expression, you can read it a couple of ways, especially from inside the … Continue reading →

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loss and loss again

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Tom Childers

I have a friend who passed away last night. He’s been fading for weeks under hospice care, after two years of cancer and treatment, gradually losing mobility and some awareness, but never his sense of humor. I never went to … Continue reading →

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the documentary project

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Tom Childers

My daily practices are really a set of “skillful means”. They are so effective, it’s startling, and addictive in the best of ways. Have you ever meditated or done yoga or gone running for several days in a row, developed … Continue reading →

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ejection and injection of consciousness

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Tom Childers

Roger Ebert passed away this morning, a man who has illuminated my life for decades. I grew up with “Siskel and Ebert At The Movies”, and now they are both gone. Fine men, at least, what I know of them. … Continue reading →

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not eighteen any more

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Tom Childers

Welcome to my world, the practice room where I am (mostly) spending an hour each morning. Here is the view from my zafu (meditation cushion), as I begin. From foreground to the back, you are looking at: knee pads, a … Continue reading →

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preliminary steps

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Tom Childers

A hundred thousand repetitions of anything is daunting, when we look at the whole thing like a goal. There are a series of ‘things’ like this that I’ll be doing in the next few years, the preliminary practices, and I … Continue reading →

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phenomena

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Tom Childers

An unexpected evening alone at home, and I’m filling it. It’s so interesting to watch what I do, I’m pretty highly directed inside. Give a co-worker a lift home to SF, with a little side tour of where I grew … Continue reading →