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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." ...>

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 ...>

Korean Temple Video


Here's a link to some video of Guin-sa, the head temple of the Korean Cheontae (Tendai or Tien Tai) order which focuses on the Lotus Sutra and chanting the name of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Kwan Eum Bosal.  One of my friends from University of the West is a Cheontae monk.  I haven't been to ...>

What is Buddhism?


Aren't y'all special?  You get two posts in one evening!  Also check out "Tradition and Change Part II" just below this post. It's Saturday so I went back to the Buddhist English Library near Jogye-sa this afternoon for our weekly Dharma discussion group.  Unfortunately, I was the only native s ...>

Tradition and Change Part II


I said I wanted to wait to answer my own questions in the last post, so, here's my two cents.  Get it?  Tradition and Change -- my two cents?  ...I hear crickets.  This is why I'm a monk and not an entertainer. Check the comments to the last post to see what I'm responding to. Thanks to everyon ...>

Tradition and Change


Well, it's Saturday night and I'm avoiding homework.  I did about 45 minutes of studying earlier in the evening, but it's Saturday night for goodness sake.  It's just wrong to do homework on a Saturday.  So, I flipped on the telly but there was nothing of interest.  I checked the Buddhist stat ...>

A Red Herring


Rev. Danny Fisher has bloged about National Coming Out day in the U.S. coming up on October 11th.  With the presidential election looming, this issue is important.  The radical right says they have to defend the institution of marriage from all those nefarious gay people, but the issue is really ...>

Oddities


I ride the subway here a lot.  Actually, sometimes it's above ground, so it's not entirely a subway, but...whatever.  Usually it's a quiet ride, but sometimes I meet some odd characters or see something that catches my eye. I once saw a woman with a shopping bag that said, "Ginsenocide."  Obviou ...>

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