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Archive for March, 2010

Still Here

Posted in Aging and Buddhism, Beauty, Gratitude, tagged , , , on March 27, 2010 | 10 Comments »

Well, after spending many weeks exploring the Five Great Fears of Buddhism and of aging, I thought it might be time for a more upbeat theme.  How about the Five Great Joys of aging? I don’t know of a succinct Buddhist teaching like this comparable to the Five Great Fears (Buddhism tends to focus on [...]

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Five Great Fears – Summing Up

Posted in Fear, Uncategorized, tagged , , on March 10, 2010 | 12 Comments »

I’ve spent the last several posts exploring the topic of Buddhism’s five great fears—fear of dying, fear of illness, fear of dementia, fear of loss of livelihood, and fear of public speaking.  These are ancient teachings that reflect the universality of these fear states, even for lifelong monastics, who developed these teachings.  Fear is the [...]

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Fear of Public Speaking

Posted in Fear, tagged , , on March 2, 2010 | 9 Comments »

The fifth “great fear” of Buddhism is, strangely enough, the “fear of public speaking.”  The other four—fear of death, fear of illness, fear of dementia, and fear of loss of livelihood—are so obviously great fears that it is curious that fear of public speaking is included with them.  Certainly those who have this fear can [...]

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