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		<title>Best Quote from the Dalai Lama Ever.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Yeah, I&#8217;m Religious. So What?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 15:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: shootstudio.ca via Stephanie on Pinterest Yeah, I&#8217;m Religious. So What? (And a little poke at Waylon Lewis). &#8220;The religious mind is something entirely different from the mind that believes in religion. You cannot be religious and yet be a Hindu, a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist. A religious mind does not seek at all; it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You, My Friend, Are Alright.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/11/you-my-friend-are-alright/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lemig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been in India studying Tibetan for much of the past year and although I&#8217;ve learned a lot about the language, I think I&#8217;ve learned more about myself. Take this morning—it was a rough one. I was stressing out about Tibetan (again). I was being too hard on myself. I was comparing myself to other students who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letting Go: A Buddhist Love Story.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Engaged Buddhism And A Policy Of Exchange.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/05/engaged-buddhism-and-a-policy-of-exchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 03:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Risking The Open Heart: Of Puppies, Compassion &amp; His Holiness the Dalai Lama.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lemig</dc:creator>
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		<title>Tenzin Palmo on Her New Book Into The Heart Of Life. {Video}</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lemig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever feel like your mediation practice gets left on the cushion as soon as you walk out the door? Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo talks about everyday dharma and her latest book, Into The Heart Of Life, with documentary film director, Khashyar Darvich. ~ Editor: Brianna Bemel]]></description>
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		<title>Back from Exile: Reclaiming Spirituality as My Birthright.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/01/back-from-exile-reclaiming-spirituality-as-my-birthright/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lemig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years I lived in a land of spiritual exile. It was a cold, dark place. In that land I was cut off from the very source of all life and nourishment. I couldn’t breathe there and the gasping was only made worse by my misguided attempts to feed my starving soul with the dark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Keeps Me Going: The Dharma Of Addiction.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/12/what-keeps-me-going-the-dharma-of-addiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What was it about Buddhism that helped you during that time you were first getting sober?&#8221; my sister-in-law asked the other night. I had to take a pause and breathe for a moment. I had to take a trip back to about four years ago when I was out here in San Diego during those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Fear The Reaper: The Descendants Looks Death In The Eye</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a Buddhist point of view most, if not all, of the fiction we consume in our culture is about samsara. Find the girl (or the boy) of your dreams. Get the money. Kill the bad guy. All of these standard plot lines revolve around motivations that are fueled by the three poisons: ignorance of [...]]]></description>
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