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Enlightened Horsemanship: a list of resources to help you along the WAY
By Mae Lee Sun Having just come out of a Zen retreat on a horse farm in Santa Fe, New Mexico- one of the Mecca’s of the Arts as well as Buddhism in America, it occurred to me how important it is to maintain my education on horses and horsemanship. I suppose it came up … Continue reading
Book Review: Zen Mind, Zen Horse by Allan J. Hamilton, MD
Dr. Hamilton, a well known neurosurgeon from Tucson, Arizona, has the distinct honor of being gifted with both a brilliant mind and compassionate heart. He has used his knowledge of neuroscience, horses and zen to bring a very practical and sensible manual on horse training to the world- with both the horse and rider … Continue reading
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Book Review- Wild Horse Annie and the Last of the Mustangs: The Life of Velma Johnston
For decades, the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) in the U.S. has waged war against the Mustangs, claiming environmental reasons i.e. competition for food and water, despite evidence of the contrary. The propaganda led to sanctioned abuses and outright slaughter of hundreds of thousands of wild horses which fed the pet food and rendering industries. … Continue reading
A Flash of Lightning or a Flash in the Pan? My Relationship To The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life
Published January 27, 2010 Auckland, New Zealand By Mae Lee Sun “Find joy in doing what is good.” – H.H. Dalai Lama Although Madyamika is often divided into various schools which were founded by a number of teachers, it is Nagarjuna who set forth a systematic method called ‘madyamika’ or middle way, to refer … Continue reading
Dharma, Social Action and Bodhicitta Beyond Buddhism
January 5, 2010 By Mae Lee Sun “When Chogyam Trungpa taught in the West, he made a distinction between Buddhism and Buddhadarma. Preconceptions behind calling things Buddhism is about studying a philosophical system as a religion with basic principles to be learned and categorized in an understandable and intelligent way. Trungpa emphasized this was not … Continue reading
Bats Attract for Water Conservation Message
Published October 18, 2009 By Mae Lee Sun TNAZ Regional Correspondent Participants in an earthworks workshop led by Emily Brott, of the Sonoran Institute, used ancient technologies to build a basin for rainwater capture at the Ward One Tucson City Council office. Credit: Sonoran Institute The late summer launch at dusk of 40,000 Mexican free-tail … Continue reading
New, greener Tucson Toros return to Hi Corbett field
By Mae Lee Sun, Inside Tucson Business Published on Friday, May 08, 2009 Back in the day, Eric May, now director of stadium operations for the Tucson Toros, was amazed at how much trash was left behind after every baseball game. There were plastic bottles, aluminum cans, cardboard and cups that all got tossed into … Continue reading
Armory Park’s urban farmer and food activist
Downtown Tucsonan April 2008 By Mae Lee Sun Some people have an ear for music. Others, like Kim Fox, have an ear for corn. And kale. And tomatoes. As a small-scale urban farmer/food activist, she says it’s a skill that everyone possesses; you don’t have to be a green thumbed Mozart to create luscious and … Continue reading
BICAS: where every part contributes to the whole
Downtown Tucsonan April 2008 by Mae Lee Sun “Bicas is synonymous with sustainability and social justice,” says McKinley. “Reusing bicycle parts is ecologically and economically critical for the populations we serve whose main issue is affordable transportation and often only rely on a bike. We find it important to make those resources affordable in a … Continue reading
Faces of Buddhism: Tucson is becoming a hotbed of Buddhist activity. Is the religion’s popularity a significant trend or just a passing fad?
Tucson Weekly July 12, 2007 by Mae Lee Sun Part-time Tucsonan John Brady has made a habit out of trekking on foot up steep mountainsides and bouncing around SUVs on rugged dirt roads in the Himalayas, battling harsh conditions and struggling with language along the way. He does all of this while searching for sacred … Continue reading
The blossoming of Menlo Park’s Linda Avenue
Downtown Tucsonan Published May 2007 by Mae Lee Sun ust west of I-10, sandwiched between Congress Street, St. Mary’s Road, and Silverbell Road, sits Menlo Park—one of Tucson’s oldest neighborhoods. Mac Hudson, president of the Menlo Park Neighborhood Association (MPNA) has family who’s lived there for years, although not as long as some residents whose … Continue reading
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