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Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
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A Short Meditation with the Dalai Lama |
This morning I read a story about the Dalai Lama that I had not heard before. It occurred in 1992 when he was speaking at Rice University in Houston, Texas and a person asked him this question: “What is a
Buddhist?” |
He thought for a while and then said, “I don’t know.” Further questions followed, but he was dealing with that one question apparently, for he stopped and said, “Let me go back. A Buddhist”—and he stroked his chest—“is someone with a good heart.” | “Bishop Desmond Tutu and HH Dalai Lama, Nobel Laureates and best buds” by Sirensongs is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
2.0. |
How would a Christian answer the same question: “What is a Christian?” How would a Jew answer the question, “What is a Jew”? Or a Hindu? Or Muslim? Or an atheist? Or an indigenous
believer? |
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Banner Image: Uncountable points of light: the Divine in all. Photo by Aurélien Lemasson-Théobald on Unsplash |
Queries for Contemplation How did the Dali Lama’s refusal to answer the question strike you? And then his answer? How would you answer the question given whatever tradition you identify with (or none)? |
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One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing from Global Faiths Matthew Fox calls on all the world traditions for their wisdom and their inspiration in a work that is far more than a list of theological position papers but a new way to pray—to meditate in a global spiritual context on the wisdom all our traditions share. Fox chooses 18 themes that are foundational to any spirituality and demonstrates how all the world spiritual traditions offer wisdom about each. “Reading One River, Many Wells is like entering the rich silence of a masterfully directed retreat. As you read this text, you reflect, you pray, you embrace Divinity. Truly no words can fully express my respect and awe for this magnificent contribution to contemporary spirituality.” –Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit | |
See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE
Join Matthew Fox in a 6-week virtual course on “Mystics, Mysticism and Ourselves as Mystic-Prophets,” hosted by Creation Spirituality Communities. Wednesdays, 8/24, 8/31, 9/7, 9/14,
9/21, and 9/28, 4:00pm-6:00pm PT. Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox and Neil Douglas-Klotz for “The Aramaic Jesus and the Cosmic Christ: Enduring Lessons for a World in Confusion,” a live video conversation online, a
pre-launch event for the release of Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus, Sunday, September 11, 10:00am-11:15am PT. Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox for the monthly Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, discussing The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, Thursday, September 15, 4:00pm-6:00pm PT. Register HERE. |
Matthew Fox, Caroline Myss, and Andrew Harvey offer a 3-part series of solo online lectures on “The Power of Truth, Wisdom, Choice Part 2” through the Sophia Institute in Charleston, SC. Wednesdays, September 21, 28, October 5, 3:00pm-4:30pm PT. Register HERE. Creation Spirituality in Conversation |
| Andrew Harvey, author of The
Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism, interviews Matthew Fox on The Essential Writings of Creation Spirituality, July 26, 2022. |
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