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Almost sounds like an attempt to preclude a naturalistic interpretation of a Pure Land. AFAIK, a Pure Land is a place that is especially ideal for the practice of Buddhism. There is a Datsan and Dojo… (View Post)
@anataman "...but a symbol in a language that you have not formally grown up with" You know it's awfully rich of you to say that in an alphabet that you have no cultural connection with-- h… (View Post)
A short list of Buddhist-y advice on eating. It might not apply due to radical changes in what we understand about health and the difference in effective practice for a beggar-monk and a layperson: 1… (View Post)
Zen is Japanese Chan, which is the Chinese way of pronouncing jhana, which in turn means something like "meditative absorption" Zen is also a Kamakura era so-called "single practice&qu… (View Post)