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Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had a great article on vegan athletes in the NFL and the NBA.
The 247 lb. Vegan - WSJ.com
These guys are really brave. But one thing I’ve noticed about all people who go at life full-throttle, like high level atheletes, they all go with what works. Something to think […]

The study in the story linked here proves absolutely nothing about anything unless it be that Harvard Professors can be idiots.
Researchers use neuroimaging to study ESP
To study whether or not ESP exists, Moulton and Kosslyn presented participants with two types of visual stimuli: ESP stimuli and non-ESP stimuli. These two types of stimuli were identical […]

In the modern world, we often believe that we need fancy gyms, equipment, and all of it.  Look at these kids.  If the spirit is there, it will find a way to express itself.  This is one of the most beautiful pictures I’ve ever seen.  God bless these kids.
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May I, with the gentle reader’s permission and indulgence, don the hat of “futurist” for a moment?
In the New Age crowd of the turn of the Century (20th Century, that is) many predicted that in the future, the human species would evolve into a transgender thing. You know, no men and women, but only […]

The Compassionate Heart of the Enlightened Mind
It is the supreme elixir
That  overcomes the sovereignty of death.
It is the inexhaustible treasure
That eliminates poverty in the world.
It is the supreme medicine
That quells the world’s disease.
It is the tree that shelters all beings
Wandering and tired on the path of conditioned existence.
It is the universal bridge
That leads to freedom […]

For some years I have included my favorite quote by Shandideva on my personal website, www.lowelljaks.com. It is taken from Siksasamuccaya, pp.278-83. I have run this quote be many of my friends, and almost universally, they cannot really see what he was doing, or they seem to immediately don some kind of filter […]

We all share a special destiny — to save the world from the more dangerous and vulgar parts of itself.  There is an invisible syntactical web that holds art, language, the world and all individuals living in the world together.
This web can condense or change its ontological status and become part […]

The coming years and decades will change the world as we currently understand it. Many in the past have thought in terms of linear evolution, which will in time be seen to be somewhat farcical. There is only change. There will be many advancements in the science of biology and medicine that […]

The path to Liberation and Awakening is the same now as it has ever been. It has not changed since the earliest times.

First, you must have good conduct. Here are 10 precepts that you must observe or your practice will be largely a waste of your time.
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