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By Dan Geddes 21 January 2015 America’s fullness is a bad fullness; an emptiness. America is full of emptiness, because it is too full of fullness. It is even empty of emptiness—but in the bad way. –Yamamoto Shunryu Yamamoto (’JA-MAH-’MOH-TOH) wa... More »
Zen At Work: A Zen Teacher’s 30-Year Journey in Corporate America Les Kaye Review By Dan Geddes Zen At Work is a striking title for a book, precisely because it sounds paradoxical. “Zen” conjures up images of bald, white-robed men sitting in the lotus po... More »
So I pulled into a McDonald’s. I walked into the white-lit restaurant, nearly slipping on wet red tile. I entered the line, and saw from the Ronald McDonald clock (which pointed with white-gloved gangling arms) that it was four o’clock. The beginni... More »
The Four Noble Truths The Dalai Lama Review By Dan Geddes The Dalai Lama’s The Four Noble Truths was originally given as a lecture in London in 1996. The Dalai Lama introduces the essential tenets of Buddhism to a Western audience. For the Dalai Lama the t... More »