Groups

  • Buddhist Arts and Artists
    Name:
    Buddhist Arts and Artists
    Status: Owner
    Description: Buddhist artisans who create Buddha images, copy and publish sutras, write Buddhist music, liturgy, sew monastic robes, sew altar materials, sew meditation supplies and clothing, bead malas, weave cloth, build kutis, and build temples
  • Bnetters Against Activity Feed!
    Name:
    Bnetters Against Activity Feed!
    Status: Member
    Description: Bnetters Against Activity Feed! is an ecumenical, cross-platform, "SINGLE ISSUE VOTER" kind of group!! The intrusive Activity Feed should either be removed altogether or an ability to OPT OUT should be provided. I like my Bnet Buds otherwise we wouldn’t be friends, but does this mean I want a “shout out” every time I rate a photo, post a comment on someone's profile, change my own profile, write a journal entry or make a new friend? NOOOOO! Let's join hands to register our dissatisfaction with this intrusion by visiting the PETITION thread! We’re not Facebook, MySpace or Linked In! We’re Beliefnet! :) As members of Bnetters Against Activity Feed! you have an opportunity to register your discontent with this alleged “enhancement” initiated by Beliefnet in June of 2008. Despite assurances from staff that they're "looking into" methods to either disable this feature or make it optional, nearly 4 months later nothing has been done. At first glance, this is a very small problem. Yet when you place these Activity feeds in the larger context of online privacy, FISA and how the accessibility of online information plays into counter-terrorism meaures, perhaps this problem isn't as small or unimportant as first meets the eye! Bnet Administration modeled the activity feed after Face Book. Are you aware that Facebook members protested against this to the point that Face Book woke up and made it optional? http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1532225,00.html
  • Organic Gardening
    Name:
    Organic Gardening
    Status: Member
    Description: What could be more spiritual than growing your own pure food? Work with Mother Nature and produce something of value. Let's share tips and make the world a little bit greener. Be sure to check out the photo gallery. I have made the images "small" for my dial up friends. Please post photos of your gardens. We all want to see!
  • Meditation
    Name:
    Meditation
    Status: Member
    Description: This group is for guidance and encouragement for cultivating meditation skills and to increase understanding of the full richness of the practice of meditation and what it offers us. Get to know other people who are interested in meditation, and share and reflect on how it can help us experience greater clarity and balance in our lives.
  • Practicing Buddhism
    Name:
    Practicing Buddhism
    Status: Member
    Description: Buddhism transforms many lives through its practical means. The Buddha's teaching enables us to see our potential, transform our experiences, motivate us, and most importantly, Enlighten Us to our true nature. </p> This group is open to share and discuss applying Buddhist teaching to everyday life. From the modern day Businessman to the ancient Monk, both can awaken equally in every day life or in a cave in the Himalayas. </p><p> Welcome to "Practicing Buddhism".</p>