Author Archives for rinchengyatso
The Last Master
The Buddhist Channel has an article about Joshu Sasaki Roshi by Andrea Bennett of the "Daily Bulletin." The title of the article is interesting: "Last master of Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism shares insights at age 101," as if to say Sasaki Roshi is the last master of the e ...>
Survey for Children of Buddhist Parents
I just got an email from the Jamyang Study Group> in France. They are conducting an online survey they say is for Buddhist youth, but from the looks of it it's for people of any age who grew up in a Buddhist household. There survey itself is here.
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Sour Milk
The following is quoted from the blog, "Zen Under the Skin," by a practitioner of Korean Zen (Samu Sunim's lineage) in Detroit. This blog is written by an African-American student of Dharma, a rare voice in the Dharma community. I recommend checking it out. Like milk,evi ...>
A Response
The following is my response to Christian’s comments in the last post. I think he brings up some very good points. I’m curious to hear other people’s response.
“...the Buddha gave signs of decline of the doctrine, amongst which the attachment to rituals.”
Isn’t the Vajrayana ...>
84,000 Ways
As part of my research for my thesis, I’ve visited some Korean temples in one or another tradition. I’ve also visited Vietnamese, Japanese, and Thai temples in the L.A. area and it strikes me how divided the Buddhist community is on ethnic lines. Immigrant Buddhists and largely non-Asian conver ...>
Her Majesty’s Secret Service
I just received this via email. British spies have confirmed that the PRC staged the initial riots with fake monks being violent in order to justify cracking down on the simmering dissent in the region. Apparently, they didn't expect things to spread to neighboring provinces and to get ...>
Om Mani Padme Hum
I knew that giving the Olympic games to the PRC was a bad idea. I was neither surprised by the demonstrations nor the military crackdown. If the world doesn't respond, the Chinese government will simply use this as another excuse to further undermined freedom of religion, not to mention ...>
It’s All Down Hill From Here
Ugh. I can't believe it's been over a month since I last posted. Those of you who check in regularly know that I'm super busy, though, so I hope you don't mind.
I'm looking for my replacement here at work now (the next Residential Life Coordinator). I'm also preparing things for ...>
Comrade Dalai?
I just read an article on The Buddhist Channel in which the Dalai Lama is quoted as saying he's a "Marxist monk." That's liable to ruffle a few feathers, but I suppose he phrased his comments in these terms to reach out to the Chinese. I'm sure the Dalai Lama wouldn't advocate, for ...>
Tyra Banks, Eat Your Heart Out!
I just remembered that you can still see photos of me modelling Tibetan monk's robes at Tibetan Spirit. I bet you didn't know I had a previous life as a super model. I don't do autographs, so don't ask. When the photos were being taken, the photographer started laughing and asked ...>