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Book Review: Opening the Door of Your Heart

Opening the door of your heart and other Buddhist tales of happiness by Ajahn Brahm This book contains 108 tales, many of them retellings of old fables and teaching parables, some others personal, which illustrate Buddhist fundamental teachings. A talkative tortoise gets a chance to fly by holding on to a stick held by swans. …

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Sweet and Creepy Shrine

You can definitely see the Mexican influences in this piece.  I found the Mexican lottery cards at a store in San Diego, and knew I had to incorporate them in a shrine somehow.  I tried to catch the cheerful + morbid feel of Dia de los Muertos.  I was going to go so far as …

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