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		<title>Awakened to what? Pt. 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When this is, that is; This arising, that arises. All things exist in a complex set of conditions that give rise to its coming to being. On the night of his awakening, Siddartha Gotama claimed to have observed the causes and conditions that gave rise to good rebirths as well as bad rebirths, linking the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scubasocal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1529400&amp;post=38&amp;subd=scubasocal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Awakened to what? Pt. 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I wrote that the Siddartha Gotama awoke to the arising and falling of things. Things come and things go, &#8220;this too shall pass.&#8221; When this is, that is This arising, that arises When this is not, that is not This ceasing, that ceases. While this formula for what the Buddha awakened [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scubasocal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1529400&amp;post=37&amp;subd=scubasocal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medicine Buddha Wishes</title>
		<link>http://scubasocal.wordpress.com/2007/11/08/medicine-buddha-wishes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight was the start of the Medicine Buddha Function at Hsi Lai Temple.  Passing through the large array of oil lamps at the Longevity Hall, those little flames on top of each lamp shine like stars in the sky. This time of year is when we as Buddhists honor the Healing Buddha, or the Medicine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scubasocal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1529400&amp;post=34&amp;subd=scubasocal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zeno and the Buddha</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Man conquers the world by conquering himself.” -Zeno &#8220;Greater in combat Than a person who conquers A thousand times a thousand people Is the person who conquers oneself.&#8221; (Dhammapada 8:103) &#8220;Get rid of the judgement, get rid of the &#8216;I am hurt,&#8217; you are rid of the hurt itself.&#8221; -Marcus Aurelius &#8220;All things are not-self&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scubasocal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1529400&amp;post=28&amp;subd=scubasocal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heracles and Buddha</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heracles: Yo, Buddha! Buddha: Sup, Heracles. Been working out? Part of my research at school involves looking at the rise and fall of cities, states, nations, and empires. Currently, I&#8217;m reading up on some South Asian history and came upon this strange period in history that resulted in a successful melting pot of cultures, specifically [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scubasocal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1529400&amp;post=33&amp;subd=scubasocal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Maitreya Project may displace thousands</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Buddhist Channel and the Christian Science Monitor, plans for the construction of the Maitreya statue in Kushinagar, India will displace 15,000 to 20,000 local farmers: The struggle to construct the statue and surrounding parks and facilities on roughly 700 acres of fertile land is pitting plans by devoted Buddhists against poor villagers who make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scubasocal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1529400&amp;post=32&amp;subd=scubasocal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Awakened to what?</title>
		<link>http://scubasocal.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/awakened-to-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During one of our meetings, a question was raised, &#8220;What is Buddhism to you in one word?&#8221; We went around the room and came up with about three general answers: compassion, awareness, and awakening or enlightenment. After that we went around explaining our answers. Compassion, although definitely a part of Buddhism, was thrown out as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scubasocal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1529400&amp;post=15&amp;subd=scubasocal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ksitigharba Bodhisattva Root Vow Sutra recitation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pemadorje385</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Earlier today I was at the Buddha&#8217;s Wisdom Center, hidden in my area, to pay respects as Ullambana season comes to a close. During Ullambana, the center recites the Ksitigharba Bodhisattva Root Vow Sutra on and on for thirty days. So I decided to go and help them with their recitations. Unfortunately I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scubasocal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1529400&amp;post=25&amp;subd=scubasocal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friendships</title>
		<link>http://scubasocal.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/friendships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Oz In all my limited readings on Buddhism, only once have I ever come upon a writing on friendship and dharma practice. I find this strange since my short time of Buddhist practice has been almost completely through friendships. Maybe it is not so strange to not see anything written on paper about friendship [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scubasocal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1529400&amp;post=23&amp;subd=scubasocal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beginning meditation experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A moment of raptness&#8230; Leaf.. Water&#8230; Drop&#8230; Dropped off my homework for my T.A. Bill&#8230; Bills have to be paid&#8230; David hasn&#8217;t paid me back yet&#8230; Oh right! meditation&#8230; Breathe In&#8230;Out&#8230;In&#8230;Out&#8230; Simile&#8230; Jazz is like throwing paint against the wall and getting paid $5000&#8230; Saxamophone&#8230;Saxamophone&#8230; Blowing in&#8230;breathing out&#8230; In&#8230;Out&#8230; Joy&#8230; Happin&#8230;(Dooooonnnnnng!) Sooo close! Anyone want [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scubasocal.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1529400&amp;post=21&amp;subd=scubasocal&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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