Site Archives

Ecstatic Skronk


Before anything else, I should mention that Sister Tana dialed in with the news that a more professional video of the ceremonies for HH Penor Rinpoche’s mahaparinirvana and the attendant miraculous... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

Wish I Were There


I see that Brother Don is reporting on Lama Erdenebat’s release event for the book we cooperatively produced – the first Mongolian translation of Patrul Rinpoche’s classic, The Words of My Perfect... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ...>

Mysterious Ways


Well, after all that official fuss about Moojie and Nita on the Mongolian side, US Customs didn’t even ask to see their papers, just waved me through. I thought to say, “Hey, come on, I glued the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...>

High Feline Drama


Well, the timing’s good for getting out of town, anyway. Yesterday began everyone’s favorite annual event – when the hot water gets cut off for two weeks while they service the pipes, and what does... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ...>

All Composite Things Are Subject to Change


Exciting news: Tricycle has expanded its stable of bloggers to include Stephen Batchelor, Sharon Salzberg, and Lin Jensen (and look for more in the future as well). A hearty welcome to these new Buddhist bloggers.This means changes for this blog as well. From now on, updates will occur at this add ...>

Communist Chinese Buddhist Publicity Stunt


This blog has been predicting that the World Buddhist Forum, just completed in the People's Republic of China, would turn out to be a cynical ploy at using Buddhism to improve the Communist powers' image, while simultaneously failing to deliver additional religious freedoms for China's hundreds of m ...>

Buddha’s Schnoz Haiku


Issa Kobayashi was a Shin Buddhist priest of the Tokugawa era, and a master haiku poet. For your enjoyment, here are a handful of his poems about, of all things. . . Buddha's nose!From the great Buddha’s noseA swallow emerges!At the tip of honorable Buddha’s nose--A fart bug.Wiping sootFrom the ...>

Communist China Says Buddhism Can Help the Country


According to People's Republic of China State Administration for Religious Affairs director Ye Xiaowen, Buddhism is uniquely positioned to contribute to a harmonious society. This statement was made in the run-up to a large state-sponsored Buddhist conference previously discussed on this blog. Mr. ...>

Buddha’s Big Break


Doyle Redland of the Onion Radio News files a shocking report:Calling the theological giant’s stranglehold on the religious industry “blatantly anticompetitive” a U.S. district judge has ruled that God is in violation of antimonopoly laws and ordered Him to be broken up into several less power ...>

Dalai Lama, Gazing West


"It is fascinating," he says, speaking in slightly stilted English. "In the West, you have bigger homes, yet smaller families; you have endless conveniences --yet you never seem to have any time. You can travel anywhere in the world, yet you don't bother to cross the road to meet your neighbours; yo ...>

CrawlTrack: free crawlers and spiders tracking script for webmaster- SEO script -script gratuit de dtection des robots pour webmaster