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Past News: This section archives all past newsletyters of Benicia Sangha; Just click on the Date of the newsletter you want to look up, and its data will come up.

2010-05-26:
Charlie Johnson;Zen Story-The Present Moment;Surf's Up; Horns of Chaney
 
2010-05-05:
Heather Sundberg
 
2010-04-28:
On Our Own; The Warrior; Surf's Up; Leaning Tree; Big Horns
 
2010-04-23:
Ron Nestor — Monkeys and Bananas; Surf's Up; Leaning Tree; Time Traveler
 
2010-04-14:
Heather Sundberg — back from retreat!
 
2010-03-03:
Mary Mocine — Trust in Mind - 3rd talk; Surf's Up; Leaning Tree; I Think I Can;
 
2010-02-17:
Mary Mocine; Surf's Up;I Think I Can;
 
2010-02-10:
Mary Mocine; Surf's Up; Leaning Tree; Aussie sunset pic;
 
2010-02-03:
February 7th Group Discussion; Surf's Up; Leaning Tree; Sunset
 
2010-01-20:
Laura Burges; Surf's Up; Leaning tree; Sunset;
 
2009-12-30:
Group;
 
2009-12-23:
Ron Nestor; Surf's Up; Leaning Tree
 
2009-12-09:
Heather Sundberg; Surf's Up; Kitties; Leaningtree; Sunset
 
2009-11-25:
Group;
 
2009-11-18:
Group; Surviving Death; (No Surf's Up)
 
2009-11-11:
Potluck; leaningtree; Surf's Up; Aussie sunset
 
2009-11-04:
Heather Sundberg; leaningtree; Surf's Up; Sunset
 
2009-10-28:
Dennis; Leaningtree; Charlie Unicorn
 
2009-10-14:
Patrick; fundraser; leaningtree; Surf's Up(Cohen); KFC witness protection program; Funny Sign - Seagull
 
2009-09-09:
Meghan; note from Donald;(no pictures)
 
2009-08-26:
Potluck; Guilt; Surf's Up; Chiliface; Bible; Fart Sign
 
2009-08-19:
Patrick Thornton; Lawn; Surf's Up; Teamwork; Tough? In Case of Fire
 
2009-08-12:
Mary Mocine; Surf's Up; Blasphemy; Paranting; Hell Freezing Over
 
2009-08-05:
Group; Ghost Busters on Holy Ghost; Happy Cat
 
2009-07-29:
Potluck; Surf's Up; Deception; My Home Town;
 
2009-07-22:
Charlie Johnson; Surf's Up; Look at this Duck!; TwistyLady
 
2009-07-15:
Kevin Griffin; Surf's Up; Married; Perspective;
 
2009-07-01:
Potluck; Interdependance; Shape-Poem; Surf's Up!; Marriage; Chosen People; Animal Man;
 
2009-06-24:
Laura Burges; Crabby Old Man; Empathy Lad; Surf's Up; Rednecks; Ricky Gervais; Find the Apricot;
 
2009-06-17:
Heather Sundberg; Prayer; Surf's Up; Well,Well,Well; Free to good Home;
 
2009-06-10:
Group; Metta; Surf's Up; Sacrifice; Karma;
 
2009-06-03:
Group; Think About This Carefully; Surf's Up; Someone Please!; WTF!
 
2009-05-27:
Group; Grief will come;Surf's Up!; I'm Sorry; I Have Altered the Pool;
 
2009-05-20:
Group Discussion; Liars; Surf's Up; Patriarchy; Damn People!
 
2009-05-13:
Potluck-Planning; Two Ladies Talking in Heaven; Surf's Up; Crusades; America! Fuck Yeah!
 
2009-05-03:
Heather Sundberg; AIMless Love; Surf's Up; Everyone Chill the Fuck Out! I Got This! Fish Eyes;
 
2009-04-29:
Dennis Warren; Harding's Moment of Discovery; Surf's Up; Can You Believe It?; Prayer vs. Work;
 
2009-04-22:
Group; The Evolution of Man and Woimen; Surf's Up; Easter; Retards;
 
2009-04-15:
Ron Nestor; Earth Day at the Benicia State Park; Surf's Up; Commies; Atheism
 
2009-04-08:
The Four Seals; Surf's Up; Bumper Stickers; Neo-Cons; Christians;
 
2009-04-01:
Heather Sundberg; Surf's Up; Opportunity; The Bailout Mascot
 
2009-03-25:
Mary Mocine; Starfish; Surf's Up; CatFound!; Pollution; Missing Head;
 
2009-03-18:
Enrico; My Mind was a Mirror; Surf's Up; Dedication; Chastity
 
2009-03-11:
Meghan Collins; Men Are Just Happier People; Tao Te Ching; Surf's Up; Emotion; Word of God;
 
2009-03-04:
Group; Two Brothers — solution; Dalai Lama Quote; Surf's Up; Thrift; Water;
 
2009-02-25:
Potluck; Two Brothers; Surf's Up; Skill; Zen way to Pour Tea;
 
2009-02-18:
Patrick Thornton; Surf's Up; History; Four Bottles
 
2009-02-11:
Patrick Thornton; The Way; Surf's Up; Rules; Zen Kitties
 
2009-02-04:
Group discussion; Love and Compassion; Surf's Up; Aim High; Nice kitty!
 
2009-01-28:
Heather Sundberg; LITTLE DOG ANGEL; Surf's Up; Fail Guy; God Has Spoken
 
2009-01-21:
Charlie Johnson; What got him was nothing; Surf's Up; Loneliness; Piza push;
 
2009-01-14:
Laura Burges; Unconditional; Surf's Up; 50Cent; raaaar!
 
2009-01-07:
Heather Sundberg; Advice; Surf's Up; Keep Working; Sun in Mouth?
 
2008-12-31:
Discussion; The Only Thought; Surf's Up; Simplicity; Sphynx Kiss
 
2008-12-24:
Member Presentation; Progress Report; Surf's Up!; Inspiration; Tea Kettle Funnie Pic
 
2008-12-17:
Heather Sundberg; infinite mathematicians; Surf's Up!; A Wife; Pretty, huh?
 
2008-12-09:
member presentation; The Laughing Heart; Lawyers vs Engineers; A Christmas Story; Surf's Up; To Dos; Fuck It; Fall Road;
 
2008-12-03:
Dennis Warren; At a Crossroads; Surf's Up; Unique; Fall Road
 
2008-11-26:
Mary Mocine; For Those Who Love The Philosophy Of Ambiguity; Good People; Surf's Up!; Overconfidence; 389 Years Ago;
 
2008-11-19:
Member Presentation; Don't Quit; Martin's take on the Boddisatva Vow; Surf's Up!; Forest floor; Sky!
 
2008-11-04:
Heather Sundberg; IMAGINE.. AFFIRM.. IT'S 2016 AND..; Surf's Up; Planning;
 
2008-10-29:
Member presentation; Comment; Surf's Up; Consulting; watch the booze!
 
2008-10-22:
Rose Sonnen; Surf's Up; Retirement; Skeleton walking;
 
2008-10-15:
member presentation; Surf's Up; Persistence; Tao Jones
 
2008-10-08:
Heather Sundberg; Groundhog Day; Surf's Up; Misfortune; Horsehead Peninsula
 
2008-10-01:
Tempel Smith; Koun Memorial Service; Puppet Show; A Dog's Purpose (from a 6-year-old); Surf's Up!; Mediocrity; Pumpkin Time
 
2008-09-23:
Potluck / Planning; Memorial Service at Clear Water for Koun; The Vimalakirti Puppet Show; Surf's Up; Bye Dan-Dan; Limitations; Ducks
 
2008-09-17:
Ron Nestor; Memorial Service - Koun; Surf's Up!; Yearning for Happiness; Jars of Clay
 
2008-09-10:
Laura Burges; speedtest link; Thinking Outside the Box; Surf's Up!; Think Before Judging Someone!; "Be Still and Know That (the) I Am (is) God!"; other sentient beings are not hassles; Occult mathematics; "The Mysterious Stranger" by Mark Twain; Mistakes;
 
2008-09-03:
Meghan Collins; Surf's Up; I?; Uncle Schmuck Knows; Waiting for a Ride; Compassion and Emptiness; Pressure; Giraffe
 
2008-08-27:
Member presentation — Rest assured, you're fat; Surf's Up; First days of spring; Three Comments On Failure; some advice; Dialogue With Your Distress; Leaders; Mike Bougher Art; This is why America is FAT
 
2008-08-19:
Charlie Johnson; Piling Sysyem cartoon; Surf's Up!; hair-heart on dog; Choose a Path with Heart; A Group of Frogs; don't be stupid; evoking the child within; The Universal Appeal of Jesus; Bag Lady
 
2008-08-13:
Dennis Warren; Surf's Up; Follow the Leader?; well, there's good news, and bad news; One Day; Ineptitude; Mother Nature-Goddess;
 
2008-08-06:
Heather Sundberg; Surf's Up; Lead; Awaken to your Dreaming; If the Falling of a Hoof; Limbo; An Ancient Story for Kids of All Ages; Dare to Slack; Dinner Plate;
 
2008-07-30:
Mary Mocine; Miracle; Surf's Up; Fairy Tales; Some Quotes from Ernest Wood, a Theosophist; Temper Your Spirit; Guilt and Shame; Star Light; Teamwork
 
2008-07-23:
John Hamling; Surf's Up; Unconditional; Work; Perfect Balcony; 9 People; Incompetence; Loud Barque
 
2008-07-15:
Meghan Collins; Surf's Up; Self; Stalk the gaps; The Magic of Imaginal Life; Power; Ziggy
 
2008-07-09:
potluck; Surf's Up; Breaking Open the Egoic Shell; What we're really seeking; Jon Carroll; Get to Work; Clouds
 
2008-07-02:
Heather Sundberg; vows; Surf's Up; On Man's Cowardice: Don Juan Debates the Devil; Intent; Don't Grow – Shrink!; Of Mice, Man and Other Animals
 
2008-06-25:
?; Surf's Up!; May You Have; Emaho!; fix it!; Love and Fear; Some Non-Duality Q & A;
 
2008-06-18:
Movie: Peaceful Warrior; Surf's Up; listen, spiritual seekers; Tosui's Vinegar; Set Your Mind Right; Love over Fear; Cradle The Baby; Shit Happens
 
2008-06-11:
Laura Burges; Two from Donna; Surf's Up: THE STORY OF A SIGN; NBA or NFL?; Parlez vous francais?; Hey — I AM !; Stand up for the stupid and crazy.; Awareness and Death; Advaita;
 
2008-06-04:
Heather Sundberg; Jean Bolte Taylor; be still, be silent; Solipsist; Losing; The Second World Wart
 
2008-05-28:
?; Dead Dog; Surf's Up; Buddha's Zen; no effort required; The Dualism Blues; Motivation; Beginnings
 
2008-05-21:
movie; from Patrycke; Surf's Up!; finally; Self-Accupressure; Flattery
 
2008-05-14:
Heather Sundberg; from Patrycke; For Momma; Surf's Up; Senior Eye Test; Secret Tibet; THE BLARNEY STONE; The Lotus Sutra; from Costa Rica; moderation; The Taste of Banzo's Sword; Humiliation; Where's Whitey
 
2008-05-04:
Kevin Griffin; Surf's Up; murderous resentment; Parrot Jujitsu; brothers; the reality prior to heaven and earth; Remember: "out there" is a projection of your "in here"; Elephant Dharma Story
 
2008-04-29:
Meghan Collins; Surf's Up; from a letter; Elaborations On a Single Original Plan; Zen Stop Sign; no free rides for Buddhas; Elitism
 
2008-04-23:
Movie Night; New double-click dictionary function; Yoyo; Surf's Up!; Friends; Brother stand the pain; True Friends; Ignorance; Kisses
 
2008-04-16:
Tempel Smith; Surf's Up; Our Deepest Fear; Getting to the Other Side; Pails of Water Prevalent in Satori!; Mission Improbable?; Beauty
 
2008-04-09:
Ronna Kabatznick; TED Talks; Surf's Up!; The Baptist Cowboy; Two Kinds of Searchers; Avoiding Depression on the Spiritual Quest; the minimum; Paul Rep's introduction to The Gateless Gate, an early list of Zen koans; Quality; If Only...
 
2008-04-02:
Potluck; Surf's Up!; 2 Dolphins; I know the Way You Can Get; On Man's Estrangement from Eros and the Natural World; Where Does Hatred Come From?; 4 steps to handling a problem advocacy for overcoming difficulties; Search For Self Called Off After 38 Years; Do It Later;
 
2008-03-26:
Paul Rosenblum; Surf's Up!; Easter Story; Endless Ages; The Clear Light; Attention!;
 
2008-03-19:
Movie — at Mike Bougher's; The Little Duck; Ambiguity; Is Happiness Possible?; Insanity; Homeland Security
 
2008-03-12:
Ron Nestor; Decisions; Surf's Up!; all else is madness; closer than close; –Denise Levertov; relax, loosen up, unwind!; Journalist Column du Jour
 
2008-03-05:
Charlie; Monk-y business; Ko Un poems; Insight; Conviction; Tradition; canyon view;
 
2008-02-27:
Enrico; What's that tune?; Dysfunction;
 
2008-02-13:
Group Discussion; Save Our Parks!; Surf's Up; What's that tune? contest; Installing Love; the beginning of the spiritual path; ...and I Am Not Resigned; Madness; Dogs are Republicans
 
2008-02-06:
Remember; Surf's Up; The Four Horsemen; Happiness; The Empty Box; Liquid Sculpture; easier said than done; Lazy; Discovery;
 
2008-01-30:
5 Cents, Please; Dzogchen; Surf's Up; All in one instant; THE LOST SON; Portrait of a Gentleman; Doubt; Relax;
 
2008-01-23:
Wanted: Synopses Takers; backup for Elaine; 2 Comments from The Dalai Lama; Surf's Up!; the world is; some Kafka-esque Dharma; Respect Your Wiring; Agony
 
2008-01-16:
from Donna; Surf's Up; The Hokey Pokey; what needs time is false; a minister, a priest and a rabbi; Despair; bombs away!
 
2008-01-09:
Surf's Up; The Way to a Meaningful Life; Remember David? Where is he now?; Futility;
 
2008-01-02:
Synopses Takers; Trump Schadenfreud; Surf's Up; What Goes Around; Everything Formulated in Words is Inevitably Deformed; joy and sorrow
 
2007-12-26:
The First Organized Religion; Surf's Up; Paradoxes; the immortality of the new; another kick; Goals; Fox 'n Mouse
 
2007-12-19:
Stephen and Ondrea Levine; Supple and Annoying; Tiny Gods; Center of all centers; Surf's Up; Welcome Morning; Le Fantoche; We see with our minds, but our minds can lie; Destiny
 
2007-12-12:
Sweet Darkness; Keeping Quiet; Surf's Up; Who Says Words with My Mouth; what needs time is false; The Invitation; Pessimism
 
2007-12-05:
Mahler; Forty!; Computer Haikus; Surf's Up; best "Mind is Moving" illusion yet?; Inspiration; Enrico's vacation
 
2007-11-28:
A Stone Is Nobody's; Surf's Up; That's all I remember!; The Chief Thing Is To Love; Procrastination; sunset;
 
2007-11-20:
Aliveness; Tata; Fifty Freakin Years!; Surf's Up!; Read the Following Very Carefully...; Idiocy;
 
2007-11-14:
What Breathes Us; Interview; Surf's Up; Risks; Dice;
 
2007-11-06:
Alan Watts - On Consciousness and Nature; background music; Surf's Up; Perception is NOT Reality!; Stupidity; Birds against Moon picture;
 
2007-10-31:
Halloween; Joanna Macy!; An Old Lady's Poem; Surf's Up; Problems; Cats Staring like humans;
 
2007-10-24:
Movie Night at Mike Bougher's; Why do we love children?; Retreats; Don't Break The Elastic!!; Surf's Up; Hornworm: Autumn Lamentation; Achievement; Slide/Grater
 
2007-10-17:
Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Celebration Webcast; Burma; Prayer for the Wild Voice; Fight or Flight; When the lover; Surf's Up; Cat Haiku; Strife; Keep on Going
 
2007-10-10:
Mike Bougher; retreats; Irish Luck; The Vow; Surf's Up; some perspectives on life; Honor The Taking of Life; Regret;
 
2007-10-03:
Oct 28th movie night; quadratic equations; Four Catholic Ladies; Surf's Up; Dog Haiku; Underacheivment;Do I Give a Damn...
 
2007-09-26:
retreats; movie voting; Cosmic Consciousness; Surf's Up!; The Most Important Thing I've Done In My Life;
 
2007-09-19:
First Movie; Good, Good Info...; Surf's Up!; Forever Oneness; Individuality; "Shut Up!"
 
2007-09-12:
In Other Words, It's not what you think...; Surf's Up; In the Beginning; Trouble; Notice
 
2007-08-29:
Intro to Movie Night; reiki; No postmortems, please; Valuable Advise on Meditation; The Seven Wonders of the World; Surfs Up (Zeitgeistmovie) Adversity; Fear
 
2007-08-21:
group discussion; ron nestor last meet; Surf's Up (Zen of Zen); from the past: presidential elections
 
2007-08-15:
Ron Nestor; Meaning of Life; August 27th; Surf's Up; What Goes Around: All That Jazz; Philosophy; Long and Lonely Road
 
2007-08-08:
I Remember Galileo; Caught in Time; Surf's Up; What Goes Around: Zen Stories to tell neighbors
 
2007-08-01:
In - Out; What a Wonderful World; Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does It End?; Surf's U; Infecting the World; Revolutionaries
 
2007-07-25:
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep; Punctuation is Everything; Viewpoints; Ancient Japanese Proverb; Surf's Up; Transcend Your Style; Wishes;
 
2007-07-18:
Realizing Emptiness; Instructions; Surf's Up; Ambition
 
2007-07-11:
The Basics; And Acting So Cool; Surf's Up; Adversity; Doga;
 
2007-07-04:
Shifting Perspective; To Build a Swing; Surf's Up (wombats); deni-Zens
 
2007-06-27:
Insight Is It!; So True!; Surf's Up; The Weighing; Paris Hilton
 
2007-06-20:
Rolling Stones; Do Not Be Ashamed; And This Too Shall Pass; Surf's Up;
 
2007-06-13:
This week's practice: Doubt;Dalai Lama Quote; It's Marvelous; Shifting the Sun; Who are they???; Surf'sUp; Smart Dog!
 
2007-06-06:
Three Yogis; Religion; It's How We See...; The Value of Time; Surf's Up; Tough Guys
 
2007-05-29:
Sloth and Torpor pic; Nature's Beauty; Finding a Teacher; Circular Reasoning; Surf's Up; Communicate with Pure Sound (Cushnir);
 
2007-05-22:
Are We There Yet?; Hermann Hesse; Deepak Chopra; The Secret of Success; Psalm 122; Peace Train; Surf's Up; The Old Golfer;
 
2007-05-15:
Invisible Work; Hindrance Practice; Greed; The Suffering of Change; Buddha in the Parking Lot; Surf's Up
 
2007-05-11:
from eddo; Whatever happened to Taigen; long Surf's Up;
 
2007-05-02:
Birthday gift; Poems: Monet refuses the operation, The real work; History of medicinal remedies; Surf's Up! Avoid that phone tree, Grand Canyon Skywalk, Town vs. Valley
 
2007-04-25:
The party, after you left; Poems: Fragments, The Duck; Surf's Up: Urban Legends, Jumping Rabbits, Poetry read by their authors
 
2007-04-18:
Zen Crossword Puzzle; Poems "Well of Grief" "What the Heart Wants"; Story "The Other Side"; Surfs Up! Ebb & Flow, Antarctica, Turkish marbling
 
2007-04-11:
Not thinking; Mike Bougher's "The Path," Follow Your Bliss, More on Judgment; Surf's Up! Positive Music, Unusual Photographs, Webby Nominees & Winners
 
2007-04-04:
Meditation isn't that Crazy; Poems: "Passover" "Easter Exultet"; Story "It Will Pass"; Surf's Up! Matt dancing, Virtual Easter eggs, "Don't Copy that Floppy"
 
2007-03-28:
Looking for home for eddo's cats; Baobob of Life; Poems: "Why I Wake Early" "When Dolphins Dance"; Surf's Up! Wombat, Graceland, Osho Dynamic Meditation
 
2007-03-21:
Fresh Air; "At the Teahouse, 6 AM"; "One Heart"; Surf's Up! Gumby Dharma, Tree Spirit Project, Odd Musical Instruments; Treatable Diagnosis
 
2007-03-14:
Path to Nothingness, excerpt from The 9th Elegy, The Ides of March, A Cat's Life; Surf's Up!: Chants and Prayers, Freaky Plants, Running the Numbers
 
2007-03-07:
What Daylight Savings Time feels like; Compassion without attachment; Happy Dog; Surf's Up!: Daylight Savings Time stories, Piano-playing cat, New book by Gary Snyder
 
2007-02-28:
Get Away from it All; Surf's Up: Thich Nhât Hahn speaks, Champagne-cork chairs, Visualization methods
 
2007-02-21:
Surf's up: Water-coloring Monk, 28-day commitment to sit, Batteries in society
 
2007-02-14:
Surf's Up: Free university class; Love isn't the same as sex; Richard Feynman lectures on physics
 
2007-02-07:
Half-Full/Half-empty; Surf's Up! Stress, Dancing arms of Kwan Yin, Learning a Foreign Language
 
2007-01-31:
Surf's Up! Happiness, Gratitude, Tibetan Buddhist Radio
 
2007-01-24:
January 24 2007
 
2007-01-17:
Roger Corless; The Old Fools; Get 'em, Dad; Praying (Oliver); Surf's Up; Is it Better to be a Jock or a Nerd?;
 
2007-01-09:
Gift of ~50 books from Lyman's sister to our Sangha; Sarah, on "Awakening Joy" Class; Parting Word; Children Learn What They Live; The Only Sickness; Surf's Up; 20 Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn;
 
2007-01-02:
The Worst Life; Attitude; Begin (Rumi); Echos; Let Us All Be As 'Obsessed'; Surf's UP; Find x;
 
2006-12-27:
Favorites Issue; Shoveling Snow With Buddha; Favorite Rumi Poems; All-time favorites of Surf's Up!; Unconditional Love; X-Ray Flowers;
 
2006-12-20:
The Oneness - the Closeness; If you think the weather around here is getting cold; Jealousy; Surf's Up Noah; Christmas Cookie Recipe; God's Day Planner; Holiday How Now: Positive Boundaries; Happy Winter Solstice from Robert and Donna;
 
2006-12-13:
Kiss Me!; The Dove (poem); Bare Awareness; the times, they are a changing; Surf's Up; Fear and Greed; Huang Shan Mountains in China;
 
2006-12-06:
Did I Miss Anything?; (Shamatha = Vipassana); Joyeux Noel; Secret Worlds; Dance Monkeys Dance; Aurora (Northern Lights); Not 1! Not 2! but both 1 and 2!; Hokey Pokey;
 
2006-11-29:
The Lemon Tree (new book); The Lesson; 24 Crowded Hours; Surf's Up; Sit and Burn; Types of Government Made Easy; the Moon, the Water, Lunaqua!!
 
2006-11-21:
Go Deep; Thanksgiving (poem); Writers Group (David poems); Surf's Up; Gasp (picture);
 
2006-11-15:
God?-Dis is Larry; What's In The Temple?; Asking God; World's Most Addicting Game; Mastering Your Own Mind; Flash Animations for Physics; LineTo experimental; Animator vs Animation; Your typical Zen story for this week; George Steinmetz - Extraordinary Photos;
 
2006-11-08:
Religion and Politicians; Two from David; Veriditas – the Worldwide Labyrinth Project; The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts; HassleMe; Robot Boy update; Free Hugs Campaign - update!; Nature's Love Letters (Ikkyu); Total Repose (Cushnir); Enrico and Itaka's wedding picture;
 
2006-11-01:
Discussion Group Forming; Love After Love (poem); Spirit Wolf; TED Talks; Burning Man Open Mind Zendo; Knowing Poe; One Sentence – True Stories, Told in One Sentence; The Official String Theory Website; Some metta from Bob Dylan;
 
2006-10-25:
The End of the Raven; Rathbone, Walkin reading The Raven; Rainbows, Sidewalk Art, The Whitney Music Box; The Monkey's Paw
 
2006-10-18:
Openness Meets Discretion; Two Tips from Nisargadatta; Free Hugs Followup; Skidboot the Dog; Network; A Single Piece of Paper; Amazing Flame Fractals; Black Holes;
 
2006-10-11:
Introducing Barry Spacks; Memo from...; Free Hugs Campaign; Top Tips For Protecting Yourself At Hot Spots; Audiodharma.org; Praying mantis;
 
2006-10-04:
A Duo from David; The Great Turning; Dog House Puzzle; Breakdancing to the nth; TelePixie.com; Czech Photographer Ladislav Kamarad;
 
2006-09-27:
New Zen group in Benicia; Life; Old Man and the Child; Calm and Angry Faces Illusion; Cat in an Empty Apartment; Sandstorm picture;
 
2006-09-20:
Single Flower Zen Group; Two Takes on Miracles; The World's Spiritual Traditions (Dalai Lama); Be Moved (Cushnir);
 
2006-09-13:
New Zen Group in Benicia; Zen Noir movie; Milarepa Benefit Movie Screening; Joy and Sorrow (Gibran); Four Zingers from David; Pet Dog Dharma;
 
2006-09-06:
Milarepa Benefit Movie Screening; The Quest; Excellence vs Perfection; Presence you know (poem); Isuzu Gemini – Dancing in Paris; OK Go Phenomenon; On Meditation;
 
2006-08-30:
Viking Anger Management; Echos; Eyes Sparkling with Joy (Tenzin Palmo); Milarepa; Sharpest View of the Sun;
 
2006-08-23:
Spectator Sport (David poem); Neil Young on Colbert Report; Pema Chodron on Bill Moyer's Faith & Reason; A Buddhist Monk on EFT; Get the Big Perspective!; Memory;
 
2006-08-16:
My Sweet, Crushed Angel (Hafiz); Gathas as Help in Mindfulness Practice (Meghan); It's All Very Logical;
 
2006-08-09:
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front (Wendall Berry); Just When You Think You're Getting a Handle On the Tibetans; Tonglen (Cushnir);
 
2006-08-02:
The Summer Day (Mary Oliver); Neologism Contest; Nivana (poem, David); Understanding Tots; The Psychodynamics of Liberation with Kathleen Speeth; Bloom Where You're Planted; Babies Don't Fight;
 
2006-07-26:
BPF Statement on situation in Israel and Lebanon; Spiritual People Can Be Such a Tease; Cast All Your Votes For Dancing (Hafiz); Every Crisis Is a Global Crisis; The Lonely Hole-In-One;
 
2006-07-19:
Related to Al Gore's new movie, An Inconvenient Truth; There's a Hole in My Sidewalk; Road Rage;
 
2006-07-12:
Tidbits from Nisargadatta II; One Red Paperclip; Fractal Recursions; Funny Talking Cats; Coolest Dog in the World; Dig in the Dirt (Cushnir);
 
2006-07-05:
Volunteers Needed; Zen Poems from David; An Experience vs The State; Quick Assumptions;
 
2006-06-28:
It is Not Far Away; BE Jackson Pollock; Lateral Thinking Problems; Consciousness as God; Tidbits from Nisargadatta; Distinguishing Heaven from Hell;
 
2006-06-21:
Lenny Shadenfroid, Attourney; Zen Poems from David; Laughing Babies; Neat Color Illusion; Visual Cognition Lab; Your Age in Days; Handling Regrets; Life is Backwards;
 
2006-06-14:
Three Zen Poems; Tiny Photos Going On Forever; Buddhism and the Illusion of Time; Favorite Poem Project; Some misconceptions (traps) to avoid; Ugly;
 
2006-06-07:
Positive Proof of Global Warming; What Is There Beyond Knowing? (Mary Oliver); In the Inbox; Times of India Editorial;
 
2006-05-31:
Three Contemporary Zen Poems; Two birds; The Dharma Creeps into Benicia Politics; Tips on Surfing the Net; Compassion Must be for All;
 
2006-05-24:
Yearning for Happiness; Surf's Up; Jars of Clay;
 
2006-05-17:
Be Still and Know That (the) I Am (is) God! (Tolle); Other Sentient Beings are Not Hassles; Occult mathematics; "The Mysterious Stranger" by Mark Twain;
 
2006-05-09:
The Four Monkey Precepts; I? (John Wheeler); Uncle Schmuck Knows; Waiting for a Ride (Gary Snyder); Compassion and Emptiness;
 
2006-05-03:
Intro for Eckhart Tolle Interview; Choose a Path with Heart; First Days of Spring (Ryokan); Three Comments on Failure; Some Advice; Dialogue With Your Distress; Mike Bougher Digital Art;
 
2006-04-26:
Pics of Rectory Space; Plum Village website; A Group of Frogs; Don't be Stupid; evoking the child within; The Universal Appeal of Jesus;
 
2006-04-19:
Follow the Leader?; Good news and Bad news; One Day; Surf's Up!
 
2006-04-12:
Vices Escape from Pandora's Box; Lead, by Mary Oliver; Awaken to your Dreaming; If the Falling of a Hoof...; An Ancient Story for Kids of All Ages (Alan Watts);
 
2006-04-05:
Fix for Web-Based Email People; Teacher Page updates; Some Quotes from Ernest Wood, a Theosophist; Temper Your Spirit; Guilt and Shame;
 
2006-03-29:
eBuddhism Forum; Get Over It and Move On; Some Interesting Websites; Jennifer Welwood (poem); Kahlil Gibran on Work; 9 Hidden People;
 
2006-03-22:
Papaji; Penguin; Stalk the Gaps; The Magic of Imaginal Life; Moments Frozen in Time (Vermeer);
 
2006-03-15:
Serene Dispostion; the void is not what you think; To Risk; Ghostly Ride;
 
2006-03-08:
Pig Made Sense; Breaking Open the Egoic Shell; What we're really seeking...; Jon Carroll;
 
2006-03-01:
Mike Bougher; On Man's Cowardice; Intent; Don't Grow – Shrink!; Of Mice, Man and other Animals
 
2006-02-22:
May You Have; Emaho!; fix it!; Love & Fear; Some Non-Duality Q & A;
 
2006-02-15:
The Swallows of Kabul; Shel Silverstein; Tosui's Vinegar; Set Your Mind Right; Love Over Fear; Cradle the Baby; Shit Happens!
 
2006-02-08:
Tolle's "A New Earth"; HEY - I AM!; Stand up for the stupid and crazy; Awareness and Death; Advaita Vedanta;
 
2006-02-01:
Patrick's new group; Note on Recordings and Synopses of Dharma talks; be still, be silent...; Solipsist;
 
2006-01-25:
Future synopses; Buddha's Zen; no effort required; The Dualism Blues; Oneness: the Destination You Never Left; Escher in Legos
 
2006-01-18:
Gift from Rosanne; New: digital recordings; finally; understanding things; Self-Accupressure; Marriages made in heaven;
 
2006-01-11:
Happy Birthday to Bsangha.net; The Lotus Sutra; moderation; The Taste of Banzo's Sword;
 
2006-01-04:
murderous resentment; parrot jujitsu; brothers; the reality prior to heaven and earth; "out there" is a projection of your "in here"; mother and son elephants; winter waif;
 
2005-12-28:
From a Letter (Einstein); Elaborations On a Single Original Plan; Poem by Pam Antognini; Zen Stop Sign; No free rides for Buddhas; The Princess with a Small Eye Problem;
 
2005-12-21:
Merry Christmas; Brother stand the pain; True Friends, Zen Story, The Common Aim; Buddha and the Christ Fish;
 
2005-12-14:
Introducing Kevin, Our Sangha's new Digital Voice Recorder, Our Deepest Fear, Getting to the Other Side, Pails of Water Prevalent in Satori, Mission Improbable, Jon Carroll
 
2005-12-06:
Two Kinds of Searchers; Avoiding Depression on the Spiritual Quest; Paul Rep's introduction to The Gateless Gate; The Three Keys to Happiness; Let's Go to Korea!
 
2005-11-30:
Rosenblum intro; DHLawrence quote; Where Does Hatred Come From; Some Contemporary Zen Poetry; 4 Steps to Handling a Problem; Search For Self Called Off After 38 Years;
 
2005-11-23:
Itaka intro; Endless Ages; The Clear Light; Attention; The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart; Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic?
 
2005-11-16:
Followup on Meditation Bowls; No postmortems, please; The Little Duck; Is Happiness Possible?; Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock
 
2005-11-09:
New bowl from Dennis; all else is madness; pinkdove; closer than close; 3 poems from Denise Levertov; relax, loosen up, unwind; Jon Carroll Column du Jour;
 
2005-11-02:
Meghan on Jizo Bodhisattva; Rosa Parks; 4 Zen Poems by Ko Un; Insight by J Goldstein; Siddhartha's Conviction; Ryonen's Clear Realization; Self-Inquiry by Cushnir;
 
2005-10-26:
It Will Pass; Self-transformation through self-observation; on other religions; thinking, waiting, fasting; Secret Good Deeds; Enlightenment story - Osho;
 
2005-10-19:
Dana related to Lyman; Latest Hurrah re Iraq; the trap - Sailor Bob; Installing Love; Liquid Sculpture again; beginning of the spiritual path; I am Not Resigned; Enlightenment Story - Ajahn Brahmavamso
 
2005-10-12:
Happiness; The Empty Box; Liquid Sculpture; Easier said than done; Lazy; Enlightenment store: Eckhart Tolle
 
2005-10-04:
Change in Meeting Closings; new book: I Give You My Life; all in one instant; the lost son; Portrait of a Gentleman; a life-time; Leo Hartong Enlightenment Story;
 
2005-09-27:
Truth & Rebuttal; bad kind of emptiness; word deform; joy and sorrow; conceptual rubbish; one minute body merge; Zenemies; Kenneth Parker
 
2005-09-21:
Steve Keyes; Laura Burges is a columnist; Philosophy Quiz; the world is; some Kafka-esque Dharma; respect your wiring; the real da vinci code;
 
2005-09-14:
Katrina Relief; Everyone Seems to Agree; The Holy Longing; The Stone Cutter; Birdies;
 
2005-09-07:
Paradoxes; the immortality of the new (Krishnamurti); Another kick; Water pictures;
 
2005-08-31:
Ceremony for Lyman; 'Shower' added movies page; Fix Background Tint option; Le Fantoche (Wei Wu Wei); No Curved Lines; A Penny from God; Lauries Asia vacation pics;
 
2005-08-24:
Buddhist Tiger Temple; no sentient being is ever a loser; what needs time is false; the Invitation; for goodness' sake; a minister, a priest and a rabbi; kitties du jour;
 
2005-08-17:
the essence of TAO; the Jeweler; a Tibetan perspective on "mantra"; see the child; watermelon art;
 
2005-08-10:
"Highlighted Teachings"; surfing the waves; naked and unobstructed; Boo!; Ye suffer from yourselves; photos by 'Rackat'
 
2005-08-03:
1st Noble Truth; best "Mind is Moving" illusion; Frazz; the World is Incredible because; Akiyoshi Kitaoka photos
 
2005-07-27:
New 'Articles, Handouts' page; Liberal Kook; That's All I Remember; Eclipse of Mars; Poem by Meghan; Pride Goeth Before the Fall; On Beauty;
 
2005-07-20:
Links Page Gussied Up; The First Instant is Wakefulness; Philosophy 101; One Version of 'Heart Meditation'
 
2005-07-13:
You Must Not Try!; check out those eyes; Break Down Some Walls; Deep Insight from Movie; no black dots;
 
2005-07-07:
upcoming template
 
2005-07-06:
Emptiness cartoon; you haven't really lived; The Medium is the Message; Hot enough for you?; Perception is NOT Reality
 
2005-06-29:
Life As It Is; Perception is Reality?; Buddhist practice popping up everywhere;
 
2005-06-22:
www.votetoimpeach.org; Tibetans denounce stolen art exhibit; Relax and Wakeup, continued; Some Alan Watts from the 1960's
 
2005-06-15:
The Recruitment Minefield; Cinema Nirvana; Hakuin's Commentary on the Heart Sutra;
 
2005-06-08:
Hornworm: Autumn Lamentation; Rest in natural great peace; Favorite Poem Project;
 
2005-06-01:
Meghan's Bye-Bye Party; The Price of Truth; the difficulty of remembering; 10 rules of being human; antmen
 
2005-05-25:
Destructive Emotions; the greatest happiness; seeking freedom;
 
2005-05-18:
traps, snares, words; no vanity's displayed; beyond expression;
 
2005-05-11:
7 Blunders of the World; Give it Back; Where I Found the Women;
 
2005-05-04:
Letter to Pope; Tamil Lit; Woods; The Journey;
 
2005-04-27:
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana; Admit It and Change Everything; Gaelic Metta-practice
 
2005-04-20:
what's not it; hidden keys; dualistic metta-practice; Sat and Hanuman
 
2005-04-13:
Presence/Awareness test; Rumi: A Basket of Fresh Bread
 
2005-04-06:
The essential reality; dualism vs non-dualism; identification
 
2005-03-30:
Cat Haiku; the wrong idea; let there be light
 
2005-03-23:
Dog Haiku; 'Winter by Night' by John B Shaposka
 
2005-03-16:
Most Important Thing I've Done In My Life; Clown Haiku
 
2005-03-09:
Susan Trott's "The Holy Man"; seeing's believing...
 
2005-03-02:
perspectives on life; life is but a dream; power of not-doing;
 
2005-02-23:
Myth of Multitasking; Internet have Buddha Nature?; mind stretching
 
2005-02-16:
The Pearl; George Carlin's Views on Aging; it's an act...
 
2005-02-09:
Two Wolves; The Predicament of Buddha; Dakinis Rule;
 
2005-02-02:
New: Sangha Directory; Seeker's List of Things to Do
 
2005-01-26:
New Idea: Dharma Movie for Sunday meet; Lenny Foster art;
 
2005-01-19:
Death With a Cool Heart; more on anatta; When We Pray Alone (Rumi)
 
2005-01-12:
Happy Birthday to Bsangha.net; Andy Goldsworthy
 
2005-01-05:
Parsifal; In the Beginning; Whales of Southeast Alaska
 
2004-12-29:
life, evolution, freedom...; reincarnation quotes; Ceres Mountains
 
2004-12-22:
Spiritual Cinema Circle; fishing for light...
 
2004-12-15:
choosetheblue.com; don't avoid the night; first Art du Jour
 
2004-12-08:
'Conversation'; Karma, according to the Dalai Lama
 
2004-12-01:
Winter Solstice party; New Search Function; Rumi, Aboriginal chant
 
2004-11-24:
updates on Sorryeverybody.com, new Apologiesaccepted.com; Hesse
 
2004-11-17:
sorryeverybody.com; Introduction to Dharma Movies section
 
2004-11-10:
The Clown Chakra; Howard Zinn; Power...; It's in the Darkness
 
2004-11-03:
1st-Sundays, Hafiz, Ramana, Kafka, Casteneda
 
2004-10-27:
Seeing the Obvious; I Have Seen the Truth...
 
2004-10-20:
Follow-up on Sand Mandala; Diana Winston introduction
 
2004-10-13:
Look, Don't Analyze; Where Can It be Hid?
 
2004-10-06:
Member Page by Elizabeth, de Mello, Tolle quotes
 
2004-09-29:
Letters from Costa Rica #7; Could You Embrace That?
 
2004-09-22:
Letters from Belize #6; Rumi: 'It's Rigged'
 
2004-09-15:
Letters from Guatemala #5; Rumi: 'The Guest House'
 
2004-09-08:
Letters from Guatemala #4; Rumi: 'Some Kiss We Want'
 
2004-09-01:
Letters from Guatemala #3; Rumi: 'Shadow and Light Source Both'
 
2004-08-25:
Letters from Guatemala #2; Rumi: 'Only Breath'
 
2004-08-18:
Letters from Guatemala #1; Two Movies
 
2004-08-11:
New Member Bulletin Page; Pablo Neruda poem;
 
2004-08-04:
Second FOR Project Photo; 'Peaceful Rivers' featured website
 
2004-07-28:
Our first FOR Project Photo; Past Masters: Hakuin
 
2004-07-21:
FOR Project confirmed; Sitting quietly, doing nothing
 
2004-07-14:
FOR Project (Iraq Fellowship of Reconciliation); Prajnitas II
 
2004-07-07:
Prajnitas
 
2004-06-30:
The 4th at Meghans; Individuality; Horowitz anecdote
 
2004-06-23:
Bodega Bay Review; Upside Down Character; Deleted Characters
 
2004-06-16:
Tai Chi, All that Jazz (Alan Watts), new Member Pages section
 
2004-06-09:
Peace Vigil, Anti-Bush Bumper Stickers
 
2004-06-02:
The Young Emperor, Smoking Sadhus
 
2004-05-26:
The Old Man, the Boy and the Donkey; Heaven's Entrance Exam
 
2004-05-19:
Clear Water Zendo Yard Sale, Reincarnation Story
 
2004-05-12:
Gardening Offer, Zen E-card site, Forum Ditched
 
2004-05-05:
Upcoming Mother's Day, Gardening offer from John
 
2004-04-28:
Open Studios, Farmer's Market, Inka Speech
 
2004-04-21:
Benicia Artists Open Studios; Ananda's Enlightenment
 
2004-04-14:
The story of Krisha Gotami
 
2004-04-07:
D.T. Suzuki story
 
2004-03-31:
Volunteers Wanted; Jewish Buddhism
 
2004-03-24:
8th Duino Elegy
 
2004-03-17:
metta for Daniel
 
2004-03-10:
'Poetry Game' renamed to 'Writing Play'
 
2004-03-03:
Introduction to Poetry Game
 
2004-02-19:
Featured website: Zen Stories to Tell Neighbors
 
2004-02-11:
New Website Page: Sangha Readings, introduced
 
2004-02-04:
Featured site: www.wildmind.org featured site
 
2004-01-28:
Featured site: Martine Jacobs, artist; Daniel blurb, About Us;
 
2004-01-21:
Featured site: Haikus; many updates to website;
 
2004-01-14:
domain name decided; website forums introduced;