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Abstaining from Intoxicants Is a Buddhist Precept I Use as a Guide, not Firm Commitment

Because the fifth Buddhist precept specifically says, “I am determined not to use alcohol or any other intoxicant or to ingest foods or other items that contain toxins …” I chose not to take this precept. I have a sweet tooth. I drink. I watch trash TV sometimes and knew this is a vow I would break from time to time.
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The Buddhist Precept of Refraining from Wrong Speech Teaches Me to Honor Others with My Words

The fourth precept I’m writing about for this series is on refraining from wrong speech.
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Selfless, Intentional Love Teaches Me to ‘Abstain from Taking What Is not Given’

Last year my partner and I bought a house together and for the past nine months have been crossing DIY improvement projects off our list. Doing these projects together is helping us grow as a couple, and I’m grateful, but there’s one task that puts me in a bad mood without fail — painting. I’d rather get a root canal.
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Why I Am a Buddhist

Because I write about faith, people often ask me what religion I am.  Sometimes I stumble over my answer. I admit I worry what people will think when I say “I’m a Buddhist.” It sounds so … trendy, which I am not. At the garden store Buddha’s statues have become as popular as St. Francis.
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Thich Nhat Hanh: Master of Mindfulness Meditation

This Memorial Day, I’m commemorating the life of Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh. In terms of recognition and admiration he is second only to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
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I am learning that ‘being’ is more compelling than ‘doing’

Work will always be important to me, but by depending on it entirely I’m denying myself from living in the present.
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A wholeness and healing “pilot”

With any TV program, the Pilot episode is the most complicated:  it has to introduce the characters, the world, the plot and conflict lines, and “hook” the viewer into being interested before the first commercial break. Usually, pilots are only aired for the producers, to see if they want to fund the show.  So, often, when the show gets to regular TV, viewers see the second intended episode first, rather than the first, which they don’t see at all.

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