I’m a big fan of the Anthony Bourdain show, No Reservations. He’s a chef that travels the world and experiences the local culture through its food. His cynical sense of humor and self-destructive nature resonates with me. I don’t really…
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The Subtle Dharma
Kayla, AKA @DharmaApple, started this #BuddhaBkClb, which I am participating in. We’ll see if I can keep up with the reading schedule! It’s another form of online sangha – this one backed by Twitter and a web forum - with the members all reading…
Ajahn Chah, A Still Forest Pool on No-Self, Emptiness, Nirvana
A random quote from Ajahn Chah’s A Still Forest Pool, available in print or online. This book is so full of compact and poetic genius, I could quote the whole thing on this blog. I literally opened it and pointed my…
On the Rebirth Debate and Views
There’s been a debate raging over at the Wildmind blog whether Buddhists should believe in rebirth. The original post is reasonable enough, but the ensuing comments get somewhat heated (for Buddhists, at least) and raise a number of very interesting…
Thich Nhat Hanh: All Views are Wrong Views
From Jennifer’s post about an interview with Thich Nhat Hanh, I found my way to the video below of Thich Nhat Hanh giving a discourse on enlightenment. He ends it with a strong statement about views, which really resonated with…
On the Deathless
As mentioned at the end of yesterday’s post, Ajahn Sumedho talked about deathlessness at the end of his post, The Still Silence. Deathlessness seems, in fact, to be central to the very point he is making. If I understand (and…
