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Taiji and Qi Gong 太極拳 T’ai Chi Chuan and 氣功 Ch’i Gong Learn the Basics of the 24 Movement Form in a One-Day Mini-Retreat at MABA Saturday, September 11, 2010 8:15 am to 5:00 pm 11:45 am – Vegetarian Lunch included at the Mid-America Buddhist Association Monastery (MABA) Highway 94 & Schindler Road, Augusta, MO Taiji (太極拳; pinyin: tài jí quán; Wade-Giles Romanization: t’ai chi ch’üan) is a very ancient Chinese system of exercise, moving meditation, and energy development method, that, along with Qi Gong (Ch’i K’ong), was practiced in Shaolin, Taoist, and Buddhist...
Read MorePhilosophers, Poets & the $64,000 Question
Today I had one of those interesting days, the kind when it all sort of flows and time bends softly and warmly around the looking glass, the kind that feels somehow touched by the Divine yet is sort of emotionally exhausting in that same way. This morning I blogged on the Spirituality of Grief and Joy site about my many ponderings…from Jean Piaget to Buddha and CS Lewis and a bunch of other stuff… and at the time it even seemed to make sense 😉 Tonight I’m thinking of Rumi and oddly enough, the Buddhist sense of the 8 Worldly Dharmas. The 8 Worldly Dharmas are: praise and...
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From the article Two cups of Tea… “A poster hangs in the window of a preschool in my neighborhood, and I pass it several times each week. Across the top it reads, “How to Build Community.” It lists several suggested actions, ending with: “Know that no one is silent although many are not heard. Work to change this.” …. the whole article is on line at Turning Wheel Share the Love!EmailShare on TumblrTweetPrintLike this:Like...
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