Mara, which I prefer to think of as female, rode my ass all morning long today. The harder I tried to get away from her the worse my attitude got. Once the initial three hour rush of people screaming at me about not getting their newspaper passed I was able to settle my mind and [...]
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The Dharma of Beowulf
Posted in Buddhism, Entertainment, tagged Beowulf, Buddhism, Dharma on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finally saw the movie Beowulf this evening and must admit it was a good movie. I really enjoyed the story, even if there was some deviation from the original, and the CGI work was wonderful. If you haven’t seen the movie then go rent a copy and enjoy it. This post will be here [...]
Living Proof
Posted in Buddhism, tagged Buddhism, Dharma Punx, Meditation, Noah Levine on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I found a series of five videos recently I would like to share with you. You’ll find all five of them in the continuation of this post. I discovered one of the five at Precious Metal the other day and tracked down the other four. The five videos are basically one video broken apart. It [...]
Stand Up Buddhists
Posted in Buddhism, tagged Buddhism, Engaged Buddhism, Protest on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A single spotlight illuminates a microphone stand on the stage. From the behind the curtain steps a man in a saffron robe. He steps to the microphone and says “Three monks walk into a bar. Given the title “Stand up Buddhists” I just had to picture a monk at open mic night.
Matthew Weiner wrote has [...]
Does A Buddha Have Dog Nature?
Posted in Buddhism, tagged Buddhism, dog, Zen on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Associated Press ran an article on March 24th that I want to share here. As you can see by the picture on a left the question of “Does a dog have Buddha nature?” may have been answered. Conan the Chihuahua joins priest Joei Yoshikuni for the daily prayers at the Shuri Kannondo temple in [...]
Arresting The Stone Buddha
Posted in Buddhism on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A merchant bearing fifty rolls of cotton goods on his shoulders stopped to rest from the heat of the day beneath a shelter where a large stone Buddha was standing. There he fell asleep, and when he awoke his goods had disappeared. He immediately reported the matter to the police.
A judge named O-oka opened court [...]
The First Principle
Posted in Buddhism on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When one goes to Obaku temple in Kyoto he sees carved over the gate the words “The First Principle.” The letters are unusually large, and those who appreciate calligraphy always admire them as being a masterpiece. They were drawn by Kosen two hundred years ago.
When the master drew them he did so on paper, from [...]
