3-Fold Mindfulness Meditation
Its no secret that I am a fan of Noah Rasheta’s podcast “Secular Buddhism“, but the details of why are
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Doing Good
The sentence that really stuck out to me this week during my studies was this: “The goal of Buddhism is
My Response to the /r/Exmormon Mods’ Final Decision
If you’re coming in blind, read this post then this post first Alright, well the post I thought would never come actually did. They made sure
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I’m staying at /r/Mormon
Context here. When I was excommunicated from r/Exmormon, I was very upset. If you check through my history, almost everything I’ve
Excommunicated from /r/Exmormon
So anyone from r/Exmormon has probably read /u/FearlessFixxer‘s blog post by now (EDIT: just kidding, the mods are censoring that as well. Since I am
Skepticism in Buddhism
One of my fellow students at Bright Dawn made a great observation today. She said that skepticism is more often
The 3 Foundations of Buddhism
There were 3 things that stood out to me in my reading this week. I read this chapter in 2
I need a source. I know Brigham Young postponed the completion of the SLC temple because of his huge salary. He died a millionaire. Does anybody have a source for this?
Curious_Mormon came to the rescue with this comment: I don’t know about the temple delay, but we have a lot
Which Culture has “The One True Buddhism”?
Buddhism went through many changes in the 2,500 years it has been around. After the Buddha died, there was nothing
How Buddha treated those who tried to kill him, when he helped people, and his final sermon
There were 3 things that stuck out in my readings this week: how Buddha treated those who tried to kill