Saturday, April 30, 2022

Fire

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

Photos

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 Where the Buddha may have been born and lived ( Wikipedia ) source
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Wynn Alan Bruce

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Wynn Alan Bruce self immolated himself on April 22nd 2022 in front of the Supreme Court in Washington DC. It was earth day. The place where ...
Sunday, April 24, 2022

Chapter 10

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The middle period, chapter 10, has rapid fire stories in The Life of the Buddha . I can't help but think of that number Love Thy Neighbo...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Bits and bobs

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I watched all 4 Ip Man movies, and while the history of martial arts and Buddhism is mixed, what I like is that Ip Man is humble and doesn...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

What to read

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I began by reading the following books: Awakening The Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das, After the Ecstacy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield, a...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Ryokan

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  Ryokan Taigu was an unconventional monk in the Soto Zen sect. Born Eizō Yamamoto in Izumozaki in 1758. I've become much less enamoure...
Monday, April 11, 2022

Children’s book

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I got this book in the mail, not sure who it was from. But I like this folk tale. This is a great story. Just when you think something bad h...
Friday, April 08, 2022

Happy birthday

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 Every country celebrates the Buddha‘a birthday on different days. Today Japan celebrates. Wikipedia   Tiantishan Caves look like an amazin...
Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Happy Qing Ming

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Qing Ming, a traditionally Chinese Buddhist holy day commemorates the dead by making offerings to those that have passed, are passing and wi...

Mara’s daughters

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  Longmen Caves , Luoyang, China Travel is restricted right now, but the lowest flight from NYC is over $4K. 
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Cold Mountain

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

World/Spirituality

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There's an article about a sect of Buddhist monks in Thailand that is a grift. Reddit is going bonkers over it, so many people imagined...
Monday, March 28, 2022

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The boy Buddha rising up from a lotus. Crimson and gilded wood, Trần-Hồ dynasty, Vietnam, 14th-15th century.
Friday, March 25, 2022

I've seen one too many plea to buy a Buddhism course

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The majority of Buddhism on the internet is a plea to buy a course of the teachings, and/or trying to establish a brand for a book or a cour...

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Sukavati

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  Reddit  quote from u/huianxin  I studied a bit of East Asian and Buddhist art history in college as an undergrad. The picture from OP is a...

Enfeoffed

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 Enfeoffed means to get land, to be given land in exchanged for a pledge of service.

NIMBY

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This is part 2 of another essay I wrote. Not In My BackYard is the idea where you don't want things in your neighborhood because you wa...