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Book Bits

‘An Appropriate Response’: Christian Dillo on the Nature of Buddhist Wisdom

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022 Vanessa Able

What is wisdom? How can what we know get in the way of true wisdom? How can we express wisdom in a chaotic and unpredictable world?

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- BOOK BITS -

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    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
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    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
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    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
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    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
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- POETRY-

  • Regina Gort-Betances – (Mother) Bear
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    Deja Carr, poet and musician, creates a altar to gratitude and mixed blessings with her "We Held Hands in Prayers, Then I Forgot You".
  • Constance Clark – Why I Stop & Stare
    Poet Constance Clark treats readers to springtime interconnectedness and abundance with her masterful "Why I Stop & Stare".
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    5th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, SHERRY WEAVER SMITH and COLEMAN DAVIS

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