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Running Amok in Seoul - Part Deux


Check the previous post for my day out and about Tuesday of last week.  This one is about Wednesday...and maybe Thursday if I have time. Wednesday, I decided to go to Bong Eum Sa, one of the larger temples in Seoul.  It was nearly two hours there one way, but it was worth it.  It's i ...>

Gyatso the Grey


Me in grey... This was taken at a hermitage near Tongdo-sa, one of the three major monasteries in the Jogye order (see link under "Dharma Links" at right).  More on my trip there later. Gotta run to evening services! ...>

In the Dharma News


Check this story on The Buddhist Channel, an English language Buddhist news site, on alleged harrassment of the head of the Korean Jogye order by police.  It appears this incident is connected to the Buddhists role in the demonstrations against the importation of American beef (over fears ...>

Tongdo-sa


Monday night of last week, Seongan Seunim, one of my vocation master's Dharma brothers ("brothers" under the same vocation master will have the same first Chinese character in their name, thus my vocation master's name is Seongwon) stopped by my room to say that we were leaving for Tongdo-sa the ne ...>

Seoul Dharma Group


I thought I'd make a quick mention of the Seoul Dharma Group website.  It's for those interested in Korean Buddhism, but most of the members, from what I can tell the majority of members with profiles on the site are in Korea.  I'm part of the Saturday Sangha group. This is a small group of Kore ...>

The Orientalist and the Other


photo by Ko Sasaki for The New York Times A while ago the Tricycle Blog posted a link to this article in the New York Times on the decline of Buddhism in Japan.  I don't have time to summarize the article, but via Dharma Folk I discovered these thoughts on a blog called "the buddha is my dj." ...>

A Little Vacation


Sorry for the delay in posting. For the most part, there hasn't been anything happening recently, though I went to Japan for a few days to switch my visa from a visitor's visa to the religion visa.  The religion visa allows me to renew without having to leave the country, which is both more conve ...>

Travel Blog Now Up

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

We have a quick travel blog up right here. It is a simple Wordpress.com blog with a set of posts for the days we've been traveling. In case you want to follow up briefly. I might post some updates here as well, but that blog is updated daily... well almost. In any case, leave a comment if you visit ...>

Dispatch from Somewhere in Middle America

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Well, perhaps not middle America. Not yet anyway. And I always feel a twinge of unease when I use the word America to designate only the United States -- but "somewhere in Middle United States" doesn't have the same ring to it. Somewhere in the not so middle continental U.S. would be more accurate. ...>

The Buddha at Huffington Post

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Check it out, the Buddha makes an appearance in a Huffingtonpost.com commentary. The usual lack of texture, but hey, it is not supposed to be a philosophical tract. A quick read of the comments is perhaps most revealing about how people see Buddhism, and political action seen through a "buddhist l ...>

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