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Welcome to Dharmamitra Jeff Stefani’s Video Blog 11/16/2012

Welcome to Dharmamitra Jeff Stefani’s Video Blog 11/16/2012 for http://dhamamitra.org On Mindfulness, Happiness, Meditation, Buddhism, Dharma, Sangha, Taoism, Chan, Zen, Social Media, interface,...

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Our Mission Statement:

Sharing True Insights from the Noble Path of Genuine Happiness, Peace, Mindfulness, Meditation, Sobriety, Freedom, & Spiritual Experiences. (This is designed to be an Interactive Platform; Thus...

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The Supernatural | THE RABBIT HOLE with Deepak Chopra

Description: Ghosts, spirits, and the paranormal – are they real? Before we can address the notion of the supernatural, Deepak says, we must first examine what we mean by “normal.”* The things we take...

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Everyday Enlightenments – Satori: Dharmamitra Jeff Stefani’s Video Blog 21...

Video Blog about Everyday Enlightenments, How to become a Bodhisattva, I Am, Just Be, My Path, My Story, of How I Became a Bodhisattva, and more importantly, How YOU can Awaken to Pure Consciousness,...

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Welcome to Dharmamitra Jeff Stefani's Video Blog 11/16/2012

Reblogged from Buddhist Insight | Mindfulness | How To Be Happy | Spiritual Awakening | Dharmamitra Jeff Stefani: Welcome to Dharmamitra Jeff Stefani’s Video Blog 11/16/2012 for http://dhamamitra.org...

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MIND The GAP: Mindfulness, Meditation & Buddhist Path From Vision to...

The Buddha’s Noble 8-Fold Path is comprised of 2 parts: VISION & TRANSFORMAtION. Once one gets a flash of Perfect, or Right Vision; a Flash of insight, a Moment of Satori…it’s as if you’re seeing a...

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😄 SMILES 😄 Are Contagious!😄

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh “When you Smile, the Whole World Smiles with You!” ~ American Proverb “To...

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My Favorite Quote for Several Months; I Know Why.

“Without Communication There is No Relationship; Without Respect There is No Love; Without Trust There is No Reason to Continue” I Know Why it is So Powerful to Me. Having Gone Through True, Modern,...

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It is Often Not the person with the Best Ingredients that bakes the Best...

It is Often Not the person with the Best Ingredients that bakes the Best Cake. It is What We Do With the ingredient that counts.  Attitude, Mindfulness, Gratitude, Perspective, Life, The WAY, Taoism,...

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2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominee Announcement

http://dhamamitra.org Anna Kendrick, Common and Zoe Saldana announce the nominees for the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards Only Film Independent members vote for the winners. Visit...

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Dharma Talk: The Nature of Evil: Devadatta

Usually in Buddhism,  when one hears the term: “EVIL” One thinks of “Mara” But here This Dharma Dhamma Talk starts with the other  Quintessential, Archetypal,    figure, “the Buddha‘ cousin” who tried...

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Dharmamitra Jeff: “LOVE” Vlog (Video Blog)

Metta Bhavana Meditation in ACTION. Spontaneous Video Blog in action Filed under: Spirituality Tagged: In Action, Meditation in ACTION, Metta Bhavana, Spontaneous Video Blog

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Michelangelo’s Great Inspirational Quote: “The greater danger for most of us...

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” This Quote Has Been Tattooed Onto My CEREBRAL CORTEX....

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A Natural Byproduct of MINDFULNESS- A Brave New World: “Gross national...

“The principles of Bhutan’s gross national happiness system are spelled out for pupils at a secondary school in Paro, a largely agricultural region.  Photograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez” A Brave New World:...

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The Key, or essence of obtaining True Insight lays Not in Gaining, or Adding...

Image: The Bodhisattva Gautama, Under the Bodhi Tree, being attacked my Mara, “the evil doer” as he tries to Scare or use lust to Distract the Bodhisattva,  shortly before he obtains Samyak Sambodhi,...

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Alan Watts – Reincarnation (Buddhism, Hinduism, Concepts, Beliefs,...

A SUPERB Introduction to Both Buddhist and Hindu Cosmology on Rebirth, Reincarnation, Re-Becoming (Which is a more accurate way to describe Buddhist Cosmology… since there is No Fixed Self, or...

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FEAR can Stand For: False Evidence Appearing Real, or F#ck Everything And Run

Fear/Anxiety/Depression/Addictions/Distractions can hobble us, “Paralyze” Us…. However, with Right-Effort, particularly with a Spiritual/Heart Mentor/Guide/Teacher, We Can Utilize this Fear to...

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Dharmamitra Jeff Stefani’s Vlog #10: When the Student is Ready-The Teacher...

My Spiritual Path has been a Long, Hard Struggle. But NOW I have Awoken to True Inner-Peace, Transcendental Reality, Absolute Truth: from an Arrogant, Ego-Centric, Hedonistic Teen, to LSD, Discovering...

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“Google Updates are the Salvation for the Ethically Responsible Search Engine...

I work in the filed of Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, Social Media Marketing,(SEO, SEM, SMM) Blogging, Vlogging, Podcasting, Video Podcasting, Consulting, Implementing, Measuring,...

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The Master Shift – The Meditation 12.12.12 – Guided Meditation for World...

Guided Meditation for World Unity, Peace & Love Master Shift, Meditation, Mindfulness, World Peace, The World, A New World Order, Spirituality, Awakening, Awaken to Oneness, Unity, Community,...

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Why is Not the Question, But How… How to Accept and Love Unconditionally

(This is my reply to a comment by Lisa Pearlman  bellow, from the The Master Shift – The Meditation 12.12.12 – Guided Meditation for World Unity, Peace & Love but seems relevant enough to stand on...

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To My Brother Marc

Reblogged from Discombobulated Musings of a Scorpio Diva: To my brother Marc in Heaven: Today, December 14, 2012 would be your 40th birthday. It has been 5 years since you left this Earth, but it seems...

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INFORMATION IS NOT GOING TO RELIEVE YOUR DESIRE FOR UNDERSTANDING!! with...

“Pain is NOT Suffering” “Pain is NOT Suffering” is a well known idiom amongst spiritual/Buddhist practitioners. “Pain” is a neural stimulus, nothing more. Suffering is a Subjective, mental/emotional...

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So it’s all in the INTENTION That’s What Really Matters: Selfish-Promoting,...

(Again, this Blog was created, originally, as a Comment on the Blog posting: “To “LIKE” or Not to “LIKE”?” by “Prego And The Loon” (Then SLIGHTLY modified to form a New Blog, a New Stream, a New...

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“The Invitation” by ~ Oriah Mountain Dreamer

“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are I want to … Continue...

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Shunryu Suzuki roshi: Study Yourself

Buddhism, Dharma Talk from Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki is about studying yourself, it is not about studying Buddhism. The necessity of a Teacher, the mistake of becoming attached to the teacher or the...

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The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, (or so we say) Listen to it; and you can...

I Wouldn’t, Nay, Couldn’t Even Began to elaborate on the Nature of Tao Te Ching, or the Theories of its Source. I have a few various translations, and Two translations on Audio Format. I have a great...

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Welcome to Dharmamitra Jeff Stefani’s Video Blog 11/16/2012

Welcome to Dharmamitra Jeff Stefani’s Video Blog 11/16/2012 for http://dhamamitra.org On Mindfulness, Happiness, Meditation, Buddhism, Dharma, Sangha, Taoism, Chan, Zen, Social Media, interface,...

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“With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility”: What is the deal with Search...

“If you haven’t seen any of the stories, the main gist of it is this: Instagram’s owners, Facebook, will have the perpetual right to license all public Instagram photos to companies or any other...

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“It is better t…

“It is better to be without wealth, Honor, body and livelihood; And it is better to let other virtues deteriorate, Rather than ever to let (the virtues of) the mind decline.” ~Shantideva Shantideva’s...

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Buddhist Right Livelihood: Money, Jobs and The Dharma: How do we Integrate...

I think anyone that lives (and works, or doesn’t work) in the World today and values Integrity, Genuineness, Honesty, Transparency, Ethical/Moral Spiritual Lifestyle is, whether they know it or not,...

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2556 Buddhist Era or 2013 Common Era Both are ‘Equally Arbitrary’

[Warning: Staring at this too long might cause seizure or migraines,  or it might cause a New Unicorn to be Born.... Hey, I said it "might"! Looking at it 'Just Long Enough' will make it go all...

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How The “True Buddha Dharma” is as Simple as it gets!

“Oh, what Tangled Webs We Weave!” The TRUTH, the REAL DHARMA can be explained with simple addition and subtraction, but somehow, (and I was once very guilty of this) we think that: “If Adding and...

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There Are No Enlightened People, There Is Only Enlightened Activity

“There are, strictly speaking, no Enlightened people,  there is only Enlightened activity.” This Shunryu Suzuki, Sōtō Zen Buddhist Teacher, aka Suzuki-rosh or Crooked Cucumber quote conveys perfectly,...

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Buddhist Insight Vlog: Purifying Karma, Samskaras & Psychoanalysis

Published on Jan 10, 2013 I may seem a little distracted at first…but that’s not the case, I as just trying to find my clear direction with so much that I want to convey, and It’s ben a while since …...

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There’s No Point in Punishing the Car, by Ven. Ananda Maitreya

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! Excellent Article! What I find Most gratifying and Challenging in teaching the Metta Bhavana is helping the practitioner to FIND the source of the practice: The Metta Within! It is...

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Book Review: ‘The Dude And The Zen Master’

Book Review: ‘The Dude And The Zen Master’ Copyright © 2013 National Public Radio. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. AUDIE CORNISH,...

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“Buddhism in a Nutshell” by Narada Mahathera

“Buddhism in a Nutshell” by Narada Mahathera Buddhism in a Nutshell first appeared in 1933. Since then several editions were published by various philanthropic gentlemen for free distribution. For a...

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Facebook Graph Search with Mixed Reviews

Facebook Graph Search with Mixed Reviews “The newest addition to Facebook’s myriad of features is getting mixed reviews. Preemptively addressing what would otherwise have undoubtedly been a public...

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Your being no more is the ultimate realization of truth.

Your being no more is the ultimate realization of truth. •You are the barrier, you are the problem. You are the only problem. As you melt away, something in you which is eternal, which you cannot call...

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‘God As Political Philosopher: Buddha’s Challenge to Brahminism’ is an must-read

 ’God As Political Philosopher: Buddha’s Challenge to Brahminism’ is an must-read “On the second day of Jaipur Lit Fest, the author of the book ‘God As Political Philosopher: Buddha’s Challenge to...

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The Most Astounding Fact – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Published on Mar 2, 2012 Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer....

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Aikido, The Samurai Spirit:

Aikido, The Samurai Spirit. What happens when Buddhism Mixes with Violence? Non-Violent, Violence. Video is In English, with subtitles en Español, in Spanish. I have only dabbled in Aikido, but have...

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Alan Watts Teaches Meditation- SHUT UP, AND MEDITATE! (Much from “You’re It!”...

SHUT UP, AND MEDITATE! Much is taken from “You’re It” by Alan Watts,  a Great Audio Book,  I Highly recommend. Published on Apr 28, 2012 Meditation is the way in which we come to feel our basic...

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So,  I wasn’t exactly a “typical” kid, I think that’s safe to say.  Yet, in other ways,  in the grand scheme of things,  I was fairly typical. I lived a very adventurous life,  and did a  lot of cool...

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If you sit for one inch; You are one inch Buddha

If you sit for one inch; you are one inch a Buddha. Zen Buddhist Proverb. Refers to a time when Meditation sittings were timed by the time it took for a certain length of stick of incense to burn. They...

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Dissolution of Self, of Ego: More Common Than You Think

I’ve been a “devout” Buddhist practitioner for over 16 years, and there’s no shortage of Dharma/Dhamma Teachers and Teachings on the Buddha-Dharma. One day, ~ 2 years ago, I experienced the “Arising of...

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Semantics in the evolution Buddhist Dharma: Buddhas, Arahants, Bodhisattvas

The Intention is a Forum; to connect in community and communication, open to Anybody & Everybody, about “Spiritual Awakenings,” about Buddhism or more accurately, the Buddha-Dharma, Buddha-Dhamma,...

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Change the way you look at things, and things you look at change: Gratitude

Raju says: You are so lucky because you have this thoughts. your future is bright and glorious……. Namo Friends 🙏 I bow to you, your wise insight into deeper meaning of events in life, and your humble...

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