18 Sep
2013
9/18 Quote: Ummon
“Every day is a good day!” ~ Ummon
OTHER POSTS
What is Sangha?
What is Sangha & Why is a Sangha Important? A reader asked us an important question recently about the Buddhist term, “Sangha.” “Sangha is a Sanskrit word meaning community. But what are the origins of sangha and why is it important in terms of spiritual development? Britannica points to the origins of sangha: The sangha originated in […]
The Pixar Theory
Jon Negroni does fun, creative work explaining why, “Every pixar movie is connected.” Several months ago, I watched a fun-filled video on Cracked.com that introduced the idea (at least to me) that all of the Pixar movies actually exist within the same universe. Since then, I’ve obsessed over this concept, working to complete what I call “The […]
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
~ The Dalai Lama
‘Hand of God’ Spotted by NASA Space Telescope
The hand might look like an X-ray from the doctor’s office, but it is actually a cloud of material ejected from a star that exploded. NASA’s NuSTAR spacecraft has imaged the structure in high-energy X-rays for the first time, shown in blue. Lower-energy X-ray light previously detected by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is shown in […]