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		<title>What I Learned From a Ladybug</title>
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Photo courtesy of jody9
While at work the other day I encountered a couple of ladybugs wandering on top of the sheets of material that had just arrived.   My first instinct was to just flick them off and continue on with what I was doing.  As I got closer and was about to flick one away [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2009/05/01/what-i-learned-from-a-ladybug/</link>
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		<title>This Lousy World &#8211; Pema Chodron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pema tells us how our suffering inclines us to blame others and the external world rather than change our relationship with our suffering by wearing leather shoes.]]></description>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2009/03/14/this-lousy-world-pema-chodron/</link>
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		<title>What Truly Remains?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Treeleaf member Aswini posted some of my blog post on the forum and equated it to his own life.  I was interested to see what the responses would be.  Jundo posted a whopper of a question in response.  One that I&#8217;ll be meditating on for what I imagine to be a long [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2009/01/07/what-truly-remains/</link>
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		<title>Silent Struggles &amp; Inner Demons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe that it&#8217;s been 2 months since I&#8217;ve written a post.  I&#8217;ve published a few things after my last one, but nothing that was written by me.  There are times that I post articles and links because I truly want to share something that I enjoyed, but I think at times I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/12/28/silent-struggles-inner-demons/</link>
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		<title>Lost Treasures of Tibet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have some time to spare, here&#8217;s an episode of NOVA I really enjoyed about restoring the art work in some of the old and damaged monasteries in Mustang (moo-stahng). Mustang is also known as a &#8220;Tibet outside the Tibetan Border&#8221; for it survived the Chinese invasion of 1951 and hence it fosters the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/10/29/lost-treasures-of-tibet/</link>
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		<title>My God Can Beat Up Your God!</title>
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		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/10/27/my-god-can-beat-up-your-god/</link>
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		<title>The Yoga of Christ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This has  been a long overdue post. My apologies.  This is part two to Philip G. McLemore&#8217;s previous article titled Mormon Mantras: A Journey of Spiritual Transformation from Sunstone Magazine.
Like the last one, this is a long read, about 16 pages, but again, well worth it. In this one he goes more in depth about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/10/26/the-yoga-of-christ/</link>
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		<title>The Dharma of Each Other</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a Buddhist teacher, author and founder of the Upaya Zen Centre, Roshi Joan Halifax has dedicated her life to service.  Christopher Mccann listens to her stories.
Photo by: Meridel Rubenstein
I am sitting with Roshi Joan Halifax. She is propped up on pillows, her eyes steady and deep despite the pain in her body. She has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/10/24/the-dharma-of-each-other/</link>
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		<title>Glorious Awakening of the Three Jewels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday October 19, 2008 was a very special day for me.  On this day Lopon Barbara of the Garchen Buddhist Institute in Prescott, AZ came to town for a day of Dharma.  Our little Sangha had more attendance on this day than it has in awhile, which is not surprising when the teacher comes to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/10/20/glorious-awakening-of-the-three-jewels/</link>
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		<title>Cynicism and truth, part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I look forward to my weekly podcasts with The ID project – Ethan Nicturne’s unique and modern interpretation of Buddhism is educational, honest, and entertaining. This week the topic was Cynicism and the 3 pillars of zen. As a religious refugee, his talk hit upon a lot of thoughts I’ve had lately and he put [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/10/17/cynicism-and-truth-part-1/</link>
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