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Zazen, An Easy How-To

Posted on Aug 14th, 2007 by Gwen : Expatriette Gwen

From Yoga Garden, a new, quick (6.5 minute) visual guide to doing zazen.  The first half is serious, the nuts & bolts.  The second half is funny, what's REALLY going on in all those stern-faced... More »

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No Trace

Posted on Jul 3rd, 2007 by Gwen : Expatriette Gwen

When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself. -Shunryu Suzuki

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Fem & Zen: The Conversation Continues

Posted on May 20th, 2007 by Gwen : Expatriette Gwen

The weekly podcast Zen is Stupid just went up.  This one's on women in Buddhism.  I don't think I speak on behalf of "the average woman" if there is one, as we talk about during... More »

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Zen Won't Make You More Productive

Posted on Mar 23rd, 2007 by Gwen : Expatriette Gwen

But damn, if I won't read all the books that tell me it will . I spent the better part of my day yesterday working on that post.  And it left me feeling pretty melancholy. ... More »

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Zen Is Stupid Has 2 New Homes

Posted on Mar 14th, 2007 by Gwen : Expatriette Gwen

Because Zen is Stupid was crashing people using IE , I decided it'd be best to take those entries down and you can now access them at GCast or on iTunes if you want.  Thanks... More »

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Buddhist Geeks Wins Prestigious Award

Posted on Feb 25th, 2007 by Gwen : Expatriette Gwen

From Blogmandu : Buddhist Geeks [ link ], a group podcasting blog, was named Best New Blog of the Year . Ryan Oelke, Gwen Bell and Vince Horn were cited as the “triumphant triumvirate” behind... More »

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Interview with Fleet Maull: It IS Possible to Change Our World

Posted on Oct 1st, 2006 by Gwen : Expatriette Gwen

Fleet Maull, Zen Priest, Former Prisoner, Peace Activist Browsing through profiles on Zaadz late one night, I stumbled across Fleet Maull's blog and saw that he was in Japan with one of his teachers, Roshi... More »

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I am the Worst Horse

Posted on Jun 9th, 2006 by Gwen : Expatriette Gwen

You know the feeling when you sit down on your zafu to meditate, and everything just clicks?  Your body feels 100% comfortable on the cushion, you're able to  focus, you don't think about the time,... More »

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