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Archive for November, 2009

The Great Buddhist Blog Swap!

Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2009 | 12 Comments »

The Great Buddhist Blog Switch! All the post are in and we actually had a few extra at the last moment!

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American Zen

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on November 30, 2009 | 8 Comments »

From Bringing the Sacred to Life: The Daily Practice of Zen Ritual by John Daido Loori Roshi In America we usually have a negative reaction to “observing reflection and gratitude.”  We tend to rebel against the teachings and try to change them to suit our own particular perceptions of what we think they should be, stripping the teachings of [...]

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Heck of a Give-Away!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on November 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Is there a specialized mantra for this sort of thing?  Cause I would love to get me one of these things!

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No Place Like Home – Reflections of a Zen Home-Practitioner

Posted in home-practice, tagged , , , , on November 27, 2009 | 18 Comments »

Why is it so Freakin’ Hard to Practice at Home? I think that John Daido Loori explained the difficulty best when he stated that the things you do in a home practice are the same as those you do in a monastic practice.  The largest difference lies in the amount of support you garner from the [...]

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The Prick, The Saint and the Elephant Journal

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

  I was beginning to think that all the recent changes over at the Elephant Journal would this corvid out in the cold but SURPRISE!  Here is another entry from me over at the elephant journal.  Check it out and leave a comment.  Show some support and maybe they will send me a t-shirt! Cheers, John

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Being Buddhist During Thanksgiving

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on November 25, 2009 | 15 Comments »

Really easy to practice the Buddhist path during Thanksgiving.  Here we go! Refuse to eat the turkey since it is a sentient being.  In fact insist that the chairs are sentient and constantly apologize to them (sofa too) when someone passes gas on them. Insist on prostrating 3 times in front of the TV whenever [...]

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Is the Twangha Crack Cocaine?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on November 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Well?  Is it?  This cartoon places Buddhist bloggers somewhere between doing bong-hits and huffing paint. Check it out here. disclaimer: I do not encourage doing bong-hits and huffing paint.  Vodka cranberry, though…..

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Tricycle Ego-Masturbation

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Wow.  You want to talk about ego-masturbation.  Click here.  I encourage people to use their 3 votes honestly.  For me, however, I will be not voting for Tricycle especially for a web grant. Oh and Tricycle?  Hint hint.  Don’t tell people what to vote for. I think most of us should leave an honest comment [...]

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The Stripping of Buddhism

Posted in Buddhism, esoteric buddhism, ramblings, tagged , on November 24, 2009 | 7 Comments »

From Barbara’s Buddhism Blog: Some in the West dismiss these devotional and worshipful aspects of Buddhism as corruptions of the original teachings of the Buddha. For example, Sam Harris, a self-identified atheist who has expressed admiration for Buddhism, has said Buddhism should be taken away from Buddhists. Buddhism would be so much better, Harris wrote, [...]

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Tricycle, training wheels and a crack marketing department

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on November 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Between NellaLou over at Enlightenment Ward, Kyle at Reformed Buddhist and James over at the Buddhist Blog. there is really nothing for me to even say about that silly Buddhist Blogger Bashing Article over at the Tricycle.  Now, I don’t rant as well as Kyle or write as succinctly as James or express myself in chapters [...]

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