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I’ve been reading some Vedantic literature from Swami Sivananda over the past few days - a book I picked up in Rishikesh a few years back.  As with other Indian Vendantic and Yogic literature, I find it to be highly verbose: full of classifications, nuances, overlapping terms, meanings and contexts, and therefore somewhat confusing.  It [...]

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Have a look at some of the tools that Feedster offers bloggers.  I just added a search form and ‘all posts’ link to the main site.  Also, try using Feedster’s own search engine to find posts in the blogosphere related to what you’re studying or writing about.  If you come across a site of interest, [...]

I’m planning to re-vamp my New Tanuki weblog into a much more communicative space, attempting to create a learning community much more like what is here at East Asia Center.  I plan on using Manila to do this.  One of the difficulties I can forsee is trying to teach 40 EFL students how to properly [...]

Here’s an interesting example of how personal webpublishing was used as a motivational tool for a man living in Florida who wanted to get in shape.  The results are striking and it has surely motivated countless other people to eat more healthfully and exercise more.  Read more about John Stone and his unique use of the web to [...]

For those of you who travel a lot and don’t use a laptop, check out Bloglines, a free web-based aggregator.
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I have several Buddha images around the house.  I like the Buddha.  Looking at his face brings reminds me to be still within.  Red Pine, one of my favorite authors/translators, gives life to Bodhidharma’s description of a Buddha in the Bloodstream Sermon:
A Buddha doesn’t observe precepts. A Buddha doesn’t do good or evil. A Buddha [...]

A giant jellyfish swimming with a diver off the coast of Japan.
credit: AP photo, from Ananova news story
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Learning comes not from learning information, but from reflecting deeply on questions that engage your life in the World. Answers are helpful and useful, but insights are transformative.  -  Charles Pfeffer

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Somedays I’m so involved in the tasks and challenges of the day that when I arrive at this space, by head is just numb from the many hours of stimulation.  There is so much I could write about, I really don’t know where to begin. 
Speaking of brain stimulation, I came across a site on blogdex [...]

<<Yawn>> Ah…the new year begins.  My month-long hiatus from blogging was much needed.  Being away from the computer (except for email) gave me time to reflect inwardly about this whole process of personal webpublishing and how it has affected me, both personally and professionally.  I have no profound insights to share with the world, only that [...]