An article (longish) on the history, similarities and differences between
Tibetan Buddhism and Bön (mostly for my own ref):http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/study/

http://assistantvillageidiot.blogspot.com/2008/11/paleolithic-continuity-theory.htmlRead more... )

...in the human animal -

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110214201850.htm

makes sense to me.

Originally posted by neo_prodigy at Spirit Day
 
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Posting this mostly as a reference for myself, but in case anyone else is interested, public. Found it on the Raven Radio *winces* forum, date May 21/2010. Already familiar with some and know what I don't want/need to read from this list, but since it's quite extensive and includes some German authors, I'm just gonna put it all down here ( Read more... )

An interesting opinion piece and comment discussion by Waylon Lewis of Elephant Journal regarding American Buddhism and environtmentalism.

7 Reasons Buddhists don’t give a shiite about the Environment.

My response:
I like this. For me it comes down to this: Derrick Jensen's Endgame Premise #8:
"Premise Eight: The needs of the natural world are ( Read more... )

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fg%2Fa%2F2010%2F07%2F23%2Fnotes072310.DTL

cross-posted to buddhistpagan_l

Got this from Malidoma's e-newsletter. I don't think the whole interview is online anywhere in its entirety - the beginning of it is here: http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/415/between_two_worldsRead more... )

"Drala is not a god or spirit, but fundamentally it is connecting the wisdom of your own being with the power of things as they are. If you are able to connect those two things, out of that, you can discover magic in everything. There are many other examples of invoking external drala. I have read, for instance, that some American Indians in the ( Read more... )

I got tired of CNN pretty quick after the last presidential election, pretty much quit watching it before the TV went away entirely a year ago. But I've been hearing good things about Anderson Cooper's reporting. I hope he keeps his claws dug in on this.

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