"Rational Faith" - September 2009

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On Practice

A leap of faith
by Sunada

Learning and growing as an individual is a do-it-yourself project… up to a point. Sooner or later, there comes a time when we need to take a risk and leap into something new and unknown, beyond our control. Sunada shares a recent experience and how it reinforced her understanding of faith.

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Faith and discipline
by Vajradaka

Long-time meditation practitioner and teacher Vajradaka gives practical suggestions about how we can rekindle faith in our meditation practice.

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White Magic
by Jnanagarbha

In his devotion to White Tara, the Bodhisattva of compassion and long life, Jnanagarbha yearns to be filled with her beauty so that he can make the world a better place.

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Book review

Moody Cow Meditates, by Kerry Lee MacLean
Reviewed by Bodhipaksa

There are far too few books on meditation for children, and Kerry Lee MacLean's Moody Cow should be a welcome addition to the book collection of any meditator's child. But Bodhipaksa has some concerns. Find out why.

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Quote of the Month

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Bodhipaksa, faith is not a belief in things that have no evidence, but confidence in our ability to move in the direction of greater freedom and happiness.

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Meditation in the News: Top Five Stories of the Past Month

Each month we bring you the media buzz on meditation.

• God on the brain at Penn's Neuroscience Boot Camp
• Buddhism is fastest-growing religion in English jails over past decade
• Meditation can often mask a downside
• Faith rites boost brains, even for atheists
• How God (or more precisely, meditation) changes your brain