Notes in Samsara

There are people such that being nice is not something they know how to do, it's not their "first nature" and "true natu...

Evidently there was a cardinal who was the son of John Foster Dulle s. I'm sure connections had nothing to do with his status. He...

HT: Greenwald .

Robert Fisk : We've got so used to the carnage of the Middle East that we don't care any more – providing we don't offend the Is...

My epistle to Mr. Warren: Dear Mr. Warren, The gays point out, accurately, in my view, that one would not invoke "civility" to hav...

but I got an iPod Touch. Some readers may already know this and some may not but: The amazing point: you can now surf the web, really , and...

I can't believe this blog is still going, although it was serious hiatus for several months in 2007. If you clink on the links at the ri...

Israel's taking advantage of the interregnum of American politics to ram through some nastiness on the Palestinian people . The Palesti...

Nobody could have predicted this ... Historically, churches were wary of debt, and many old-line congregations have owned their buildings fr...

A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization. - Ancient Chinese Say...

The clock inevitably ticks. The above mentioned gentlemen do not want to have a future like Robert Aitken's present . It's probably ...

I guess so...though I think of Watts more a cautionary tale than exemplary. (Watts' teacher, Sokei An, was a student of Sokatsu Shaku, w...

Might be rendered 隻手恩情, but for the commentaries by Hakuin entreating one to listen to 隻手 音声 (which has no sound anyway). The latter would ...

All those tchotchkes they give out in temples, both foreign and domestic make great ornaments anyway. The one above is from Koufuji (興福寺)...

One of the odd things or quirky things, or attractive things about the Pacific Northwest, in the Portland Area, is that once every 5 years ...

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