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Monasticism in the West


I just found this article on Urban Dharma, a site run by Kusala Bikkhu in Los Angeles.  It is a thoughtful piece about the role of the sangha (the ordained community) as Buddhism adapts to the West.  As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Also, I received a response to the post Tradition and ...>

Being Simply

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Isabella, over at Change Therapy (if you haven't yet, do check it out) wrote a post in which she asks if any of us has figured out or found a way to balance a desire for simplicity with a desire for full engagement. Here's how she put it: i’d like to find a way to honour all the good people on th ...>

California Proposition 8

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Here's a "remake" of a video originally put together by proponents and supporters of Prop. 8 in California (Prop 8 would move the state to amend its Constitution to ban same-sex marriage). The remake was done by opponents of Prop. 8. They've substituted "interracial marriage" every time a speaker s ...>

Elizabeth Dole & Atheism

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

I certainly hope Elizabeth Dole loses her race. Here's her latest ad: The ad implies that Dole's opponent, Kay Hagan, does not believe in God -- even superimposing a voiceover of a woman saying "There is no God" over an image of Hagan. Well, apparently that was not Hagan who said that (she is a ...>

Obama’s Primetime Moment

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

I'm sure the usual Republican suspects will pan Sen. Obama's thirty-minute infomercial as nothing more than a stunt revealing of arrogance and presidential presumption. They will continue the "measuring the drapes" line of attack Sen. McCain has used in rallies. And once again, they will completely ...>

More Baiting, More Hate Peddled

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

This is virulent, and I consider it not just defamation of character, but insidiously baiting. Of all the things that supporters of a political figure could do, this is not honorable, and certainly not conducive to any possible good for anybody involved. Hence, I see this also as self-destructive: ...>

Free Palin’s Free Speech Rights?

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Just in case you needed a bit more confirmation that Gov. Palin has a bit of - OK, a large, deficit about our laws and the U.S. Constitution, Here's the .MP3 and the short transcript of her claim that her (and our) freedom of speech rights are at risk because the media critiques claims we make: D ...>

Free Palin’s Free Speech Rights?

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

Just in case you needed a bit more confirmation that Gov. Palin has a bit of - OK, a large, deficit about our laws and the U.S. Constitution, Here's the .MP3 and the short transcript of her claim that her (and our) freedom of speech rights are at risk because the media critiques claims we make: D ...>

More Baiting, More Hate Peddled

  • Posted by Nacho
  • January 1, 1970

This is virulent, and I consider it not just defamation of character, but insidiously baiting. Of all the things that supporters of a political figure could do, this is not honorable, and certainly not conducive to any possible good for anybody involved. Hence, I see this also as self-destructive: ...>

Monasticism in the West


I just found this article on Urban Dharma, a site run by Kusala Bikkhu in Los Angeles.  It is a thoughtful piece about the role of the sangha (the ordained community) as Buddhism adapts to the West.  As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Also, I received a response to the post Tradition and ...>

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