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Jimmy Carter, Apartheid, Israel
I've only read the book excerpts here (ABC's excerpt) and there on the internet (Democracy Now's conversation transcript) but I intend to buy President Carter's book this week: Jimmy Carter - Palestine, Peace Not Apartheid - . I will confess to being inclined to agree with Pres. Carter. The reprehe ...>
Tibet: New Film Highlights Losses of Tibetan Buddhism
Washington, USA -- Buddhism remains a living force in historically Tibetan regions of China, but the exodus of Buddhist teachers is taking a heavy toll, according to the director of a new documentary, “Vajra Sky Over Tibet.” John Bush, who... ...>
Contentment
“The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn't matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.” - His Holiness the Dalai Lama... ...>
Bad Karma
I was just perusing Dreaming of Danzan Ravjaa (see link under "Blogger Buddies"at left) and saw a rather odd image: a woman wearing jeans with a Buddha on her backside. There is a jeans company called True Religion that has put these jeans out. Oh, brother.... Here ...>
Dark Chocolate
I forgot to mention that the previous post was fueled by a gift from Brother Don Croner, just back from another wander down Beijing way. Coming over for a hot cuppa joe, he presented me with a bag of loose Yunnan tea. Call it our Transcontinental Caffeine Exchange Program. He claimed it’s a blac ...>
On Faith & Pledge of Allegiance
In case you have not had a chance to see it, The Washington Post (through Newsweek) has a section called On Faith, with some ongoing conversations on the quintessential topics (is the U.S. a Xtian nation, should the Pledge of Allegiance have "under God" in it, and so forth). I couldn't resist and p ...>
World problems
“All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.” - His Holiness the Dalai Lama... ...>
Mon Daze
Last Sunday, I continued my teaching series at the Mandal Tov with a reprise, by request, on the subject of impermanence (didn’t know monks took requests, didja? Might even play Misty for you if you ask real perty…). The Buddha, from his enlightened awareness, pointed out a deceptively simple t ...>
Soy Makes You Gay
Ah, the net is abuzz with this one: A Devil Food Is Turning Our Kids into Homosexuals by Jim Rutz at WorldNetDaily. Really, you just have to check it out. I just bought a bunch of soy beans today... Here's the PFAW blurb on it: Soy Makes You Gay. Other foods out there that make you gay? How about me ...>
Mystic Statistics Heuristics
Just in time for the holidays, here's another post about our statistics, and this time we'll describe how we deal with metrics issues, how we think we can improve the kinds of statistics we provide, and admit that despite all this number crunching, we still don't know how many dribs are in a drab (b ...>
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