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Once upon a time, a long time ago, I was walking back towards my flat in New York with a young woman who had likewise just completed a weekend Zen retreat and was headed in the same direction. We wer… (View Post)
If I had to pick a single impetus for the dwindling social toe-hold of religion, I think I would pick the Internet. It is harder to weave wondrous tales where information -- right, wrong or indiffere… (View Post)
Nope. With any sort of luck and a little bit of practice, the up-side and down-side of such instruments will become apparent without laying down the law. (View Post)
@Kerome -- The short answer, from where I sit, is YOU are the line. Be as respectful as you are comfortable being and if others want to dissolve into a bowlful of adoring Jell-O, that's their problem… (View Post)
(Quote) @SpinyNorman -- Confounding questions. How could something fail to have an effect? I mean that seriously ... no Buddhist high-jinx. I once asked my Zen teacher if Zen were dualistic. "No… (View Post)