Notes in Samsara

From here , Craving for things outside ourselves is what makes life life - I don't want to learn to not want, that's what people ...

And yes, it's noble because it's empty. And because practice is involved. And that's good context for this article on depressio...

Amazing - That song's over 200 years old, according to Eddi Reader (get her version on iTunes), and attrubed by her to Robert Burns .

What do Buddhists think of Tiger Woods' apology? Why oh why is that important? The only thing that's less important to me, exce...

With a bit of wisdom ... When you see the real thing, grab it, because there'll never be a second chance. Jewels or people, it's ...

Still sort of decompressing. Watch this space, as they say.

Off to Japan. In the meantime, enjoy this picture of the local Chinese temple.

I never realized you could turn this: into this: P.S., Kangding has nothing really in particular to do with semi-naked people.

As usual I'm using this translation . Mahāmati asks the Buddha about where does he pronounce sound to be eternal, and the response beg...

Most people in the workaday world have no idea how much "power" "they" actually have in the workplace. Because of co...

And meanwhile, some developer disabled fundamental functions of Firefox.

Every now and then it's good to look around and see the social aspects of how we live. And in regard to that, the recession hasn't b...

The intertubes are only too happy to give me new reasons ... Following the recent revelations that Pope John Paul II engaged in penitentia...

In the midst of some last-minute channel surfing yesterday, I came across some college lecture which was discussing this study . In a stud...

Don't mess up renditions of "My Way" at karaoke bars in the Philippines .

As usual, this non-teacher is using this translation . To the Buddha, Mahāmati asks, The chain of origination as told by the Blessed One...

Hopefully be back to regular entries soon...

Yesterday I had to do something somewhat unpleasant - I had to call somebody working for me on his absent behavior. It might not be easy f...

With a few other unsavory things I have to do at work. Unsavory but purely ethical tasks they be.

Of course, on top of the ridiculous deadlines, here comes the common cold. Well, it could be worse; it could have visited next week on Thu...