“Tea Muthaf*cka! Do You Drink It?” will be an ongoing exploration (this being part two of a continuing series) into the world of tea and insulting people by cursing while reviewing them. Largely this was born of interactions on Twitter with other tea-dorks who will remain nameless as to protect their reputations. They know who [...]
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Tea, muthaf*cka! Do you drink it? ~ Genmaicha
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged genmaicha, Tea on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Finding peace in impermanence ~ A Guest Post by Tamara Levitt
Posted in Uncategorized on March 9, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This is a guest post on the topic of impermanence by Tamara Levitt ~ author of the blog Begin Within you can also follow her on Twitter under the handle SuperSpiritGirl.
Recently I’ve been dealing with change; much of which is significant. The end of an old relationship, the beginning of new ones, my living situation, illness [...]
Kodo Sawaki ~ Zen Master, Zazen Warrior, Buddhist Bum
Posted in Buddha, Buddhism, zen, tagged Buddhism, Dharma, Teachers, videos, zen, zen ramblings on March 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Kodo Sawaki (1880-1965), also known as “Homeless Kodo” due to his constant ramblings throughout Japan, was a Soto Zen priest and the teacher of the late Kosho Uchiyama Roshi and Gudo Nishijima Roshi. Impacted by difficulties in early childhood, Sawaki Roshi was orphaned at a young age and adopted by his uncle but following his death was raised by Bunkichi Sawaki, a professional gambler. At sixteen, he entered Eiheiji [...]
Tibetan Monks Arrested for Subversive Music Video
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This may be old news but I just came across it and figured it deserved some repeat. I don’t know what actually came of these events after they were reported originally…
From TibetCustom
Music videos have been produced and published by Tsakho Monastery in Golok Matoe, Tibet. Chinese authorities in Matoe County, Golog, Tibetan Autonomous Prefectur, took [...]
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and Reflective Zen Practice
Posted in Buddha, Buddhism, books, zen, tagged Buddhism, home-practice, Meditation, zen on March 3, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Any “zennie” can list numerous quotes from Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and each one would be as penetrating as the last but the depth of his teaching seems to always allude me. In my early days of practice I came across a free copy of “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind” online and attempted a reading. I mean, this is Shunryu Suzuki, [...]
Income variation between religions in US
Posted in Buddhism, Uncategorized, tagged Buddhism, evangelicals, Organizational Buddhism, Random on March 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life find that income varies greatly within and across American religious groups. Interestingly, I notice that Buddhist household being very similar to mainline Christian households as far as income distribution and close to the national average. Check the full report here.
The report also [...]
Open Forum ~ Engaging Ignorance in Buddhism
Posted in Buddha, Buddhism, Uncategorized, tagged Buddhism, current events, open forum on March 1, 2010 | 21 Comments »
From the Second Precept of Engaged Buddhism ~ The Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh
Do not think the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice nonattachment from views in order to be open to receive others’ viewpoints. Truth is found in life and not [...]
Updates and Info:Chile Earthquake & Hawaii Tsunami Warnings
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
After the tragedies in Haiti and Mongolia, I would hope that samsara would take a break from rolling on to the next event but alas it doesn’t slow down for us. All we can do is remain aware, compassionate and generous to those that are suffering.
Updates are available from HuffPo and CNN
Early Saturday morning a devastating [...]
Twitter Goes to Dalai Lama’s Head!
Posted in Buddha, Buddhism, Uncategorized, tagged Elephant Journal, funny on February 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By the grace of the Lord Buddha himself, I am honored with another post over at the ephemeral and mindful Elephant Journal. This time round I attempting to blend the essence of social media with the immutable Dharmic power-punch that is the Dalai Lama…Ok, I’ll be honest. I made a list while driving home from work and listening to Lady [...]
Shinran’s 750th Memorial & Great Faith
Posted in Buddha, Buddhism, Uncategorized, tagged Buddhism, esoteric buddhism, ramblings, Shin Buddhism, shinran on February 26, 2010 | 10 Comments »
This weekend marks the 750th anniversary (here at least) of the founder of Shin Buddhism; Shinran’s memorial. You can check out a live stream of this event and some keynote speakers here (for good blog post on someone more knowledgable about Shin Buddhism check out this post). For those that are not familiar with Shinran, he was a Tendai monk [...]
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