Author Archives for rinchengyatso
Long Time No Write
Sorry it's been so long since I updated this. At first I was busy, but then I just got lazy. After the end of the spring semester, I moved everyone over to another residential building because we re-floored the regular building with tile. I did get 11 days off, but I was still doi ...>
Tongdo-sa
Tongdo-sa is one of the three main temples in Korea, all of which are controlled by the Jogye order. The other two are Hein-sa and Songgwang-sa. Tongdo-sa is known for the Buddha relics housed in a stupa on the grounds. I just found a website with a bit of history about Tongdo-sa ...>
Happy Monk-ee Day!
Tomorrow at 11:30am will be the six year anniversary of my ordination. I realized that tonight on my way to Mt. Baldy with Ed and Daphna, two friends here at school. I drove and they treated for dinner. Of course, we were talking on the way there, so I missed our exit by about 15 ...>
Winding Down
It's late Saturday night, just after Thanksgiving, and I finally feel like the semester is winding down. I haven't been posting as much lately because I've been so busy. Wednesday night, me and the boys went out shopping for a potluck Thanksgiving feast here on campus. We just finished remodeling t ...>
Shameless Plug for UWest
UWest is holding a Campus Preview Day, Thursday, November 15th from 5:00 to 7:00pm. Applicants who attend will have the $50 application fee waived. We have undergraduate majors in Business, Religious Studies, Chinese Language and Literature, English, History, Psychology, and Philo ...>
All the World is a Burning House
Sorry there are no photos as of yet in this post (update 10/25: photos now at the end of this post), but I forgot to bring my camera on a trip last weekend. Danny will have some on his blog soon, and he said I could borrow some from there.
As I'm sure you know, several areas around L.A. and ...>
Myanmar Uprising
I haven't had much time to research what's happening in any detail, but the hope is that this could topple the oppressive military regime that has ruled Myanmar with disasterous results for decades. It apparently started with an overnight hike in fuel prices, but the monks have gotten involve ...>
“Buddhist in the Heartland” Video
The MSNBC site said that I could drop this directly in my blog with an image, but it doesn't appear to be working. I think the second link is the video itself. It's from the nightly news about the growth of Buddhism in Indiana. We're everywhere!
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I’m Still Here!
Sorry I dropped off the face of the earth again for so long. I've been crazy busy. I can't remember right now if I blogged about this or not, but I'm the Residential Life Coordinator at UWest now, so I'm in charge of the residence hall. I worked in this field for six years until j ...>
Back from the Dead
Actually, I've been quite busy in the land of the living lately. A lot has been happening. I took a week off from the bookstore the week before last, but ended up in a bunch of meetings with various UWest administrators about taking the Resident Housing Manager job. Long story sho ...>