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Sarah Conover

Sarah Conover is a writer and teacher who, despite a fierce wanderlust, calls Spokane home. She has an MFA in poetry, and is the author of seven books on world wisdom traditions and spirituality. She and husband Doug Robnett are parents of two remarkable children long-ago nicknamed: “Swaminathan and the Material Girl.” Conover, getting old now, has enjoyed multiple careers. The best one yet is the latest: teaching creative writing, a course called “Making it Matter," to the eldering through Spokane Community College ACT 2 program. She hosted the Ask a BuddhistFāVS column for several years.
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Ask A Buddhist: Is Buddhism compatible with gods?

In point of fact, the Buddha did talk about Gods (I’ll buck convention here if the editor will allow it)—the Devas that populate different realms of existence.
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Ask A Buddhist: What happens to someone after suicide?

As suicide harms the victim as well as those left behind, it is clearly an act with significant consequences.
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Ask A Buddhist: Was the Buddha a Deadbeat Dad?

It's important to note that people in his time really saw value in leaving the household life at some point in their lives. A number of kings did so late in life.
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Ask A Buddhist: Has Buddhism Become Trendy?

Why Buddhism is trendy has nothing to do with Buddhism, does it?
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Ask A Buddhist: Beginning resources for Buddhists

Ironically, your question about beginning resources is one of the most challenging to address.
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Ask a Buddhist: What is the value of recitations?

The use of, and beliefs about, short recitations are universal in the traditional forms of Buddhism. Popularly known as mantras, the term, derived from Sanskrit, breaks down into two parts: man means to think; and tra is a suffix that designates a tool or instrument. So the literal meaning is: “an instrument of thought.”
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Ask a Buddhist: What has Buddhism Done for You?

The fundamental misapprehension of personhood that the Buddha penetrated is that we live our lives as if we are separate, independent and hence almost invulnerable. I notice the suffering—as well as the moments of happiness— from this misconception much more now, both in myself and in others. I welcome that awareness.
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