Dec 5, 2021

News Round Up for w/e 5th December 2021

News & snippets from Zen cyber-space

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Seoul Kimchi Festival Returns and Donates to Elders in Need Volunteers gathered with Buddhist monks to make and share South Korea’s national dish. Plus, Shambhala Mountain Center announces self-governance, and Phra Maha Praiwan Worawano, popular for his livestream teachings, leaves the monkhood.

Helping Children Embrace Big Emotions What we wish most for our children is that they may be happy. When facing times of crisis, or simply life’s regular ups and downs, what can we do to support our children’s search for sustainable happiness?

Energy Flow “Just as the pipes in your house get backed up, creating a flood in your kitchen sink, the pipes of your body are subject to blockage, and need to be kept clean and open.”

Silence, by Ajahn Sumedho Talk from meditation master who brought Thai Forest Therevadan tradition (thought to be the closest as taught by Gautama Buddha) to the UK.

Six Kinds of Loneliness To be without a reference point is the ultimate loneliness. It is also called enlightenment.

Voices and Visions “When the spirit moves into writing, shaping its direction, that is a moment of pure mystery. It is a visitation of the sacred that I cannot call forth at will.” bell hooks shares how writing becomes a way into the realm of the sacred.

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