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As a Zen student then, I took my Zen teacher, Kyudo Nakagawa Roshi, a Japanese man who ran Ryutaku Monastery for a while, pretty seriously. He ran the monastery in Japan and a couple of lay-oriented … (View Post)
I dislike borrowing, but this seemed worth borrowing: We should do good for the sake of goodness, not in order to become a 'good person.' If you are a 'good person,' then you will suffer. Just be a h… (View Post)
(Quote) @Skeeterkb -- The above caught my eye because it refers to a topic I too find interesting. No one in the lilting litanies of the Bible ever intoned, "And Jesus laughed" and the same… (View Post)
I'm not entirely sure why "terrorism" is widely accepted as a word while "oligarchy" remains in the shadows. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that NSA, the Department of Homeland S… (View Post)
When it comes to "pansexuals," I'm behind the times with @dharmamom ... I mean, are sheep and chickens included When it comes to homosexuality, I imagine it's time to break out the Buddhism… (View Post)