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Hi JosephW, Part of the issue here may be that what Buddhism talks about is Dukkha, which does not exactly mean "Suffering". It can refer to a whole spectrum of things, from mild dissatisfa… (View Post)
I heard it again today and was a little surprised at how visceral it still sounds, even after a century. I can understand why it provoked a riot -- the primal energy it taps into must have been hugel… (View Post)
It's all John Cage's fault. I was interested in avant-garde music as a teenager and read his book "Silence", which contains many Zen stories. After that, I went on to study English literatu… (View Post)
Lovin' these, peeps. "Out the Window" is from the Violent Femmes' second incarnation, right? I probably don't want to admit this, but I'm old enough to remember when their first album came … (View Post)