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On the Strength of All Conviction…

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Oh, Just in case I forgot to post this poem, here it is. It speaks of mindfulness to me: On the Strength of all Conviction and the Stamina of Love by Jennifer Michael Hecht Sometimes I think We could have gone on All of us. Trying. Forever. But they didn't fill the desert with pyramids. They jus ...>

Hillary in the Woodshed

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Wow. Watch this clip in its entirety. At times it is a bit uncomfortable to watch because such public denunciation is not common -- but if nobody has sat her down and said these things already, and that she needs to offer a real apology... Olbermann surely took the time to school her. Sen. Clinton ...>

California and Same Sex Marriage

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Long time readers of this blog know that I am particularly passionate about the issues of same-sex marriage, and about the teaching of evolution. So, my apologies if you have not heard from me yet about the recent decision in California. Frankly, I am very happy that the California Supreme Court fo ...>

McCain & Jesus…

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

The semester has ended, my grading is finished, and now I have to get ready for sabbatical. That's what has been taking much of my time (Oh, and a conference I just got back from...), but, for your reading pleasure here's a quintessential move -- the comparison to Jesus Christ: (from The Atlanta Jo ...>

Are Conservatives Happier?

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Before I read the following article I would have shouted Hell No! But check out the following article "Conservatives Happier than Liberals." Also please read T's (Republic of T) post on this article. He does a good job of parsing out arguments about such supposed happiness by Conservatives. Here' ...>

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 ...>

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." ...>

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 ...>

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 ...>

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 ...>

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