The Venerable Thien Hue
“I am a monk,” says Hue as imperturbably as ever. “I do nothing against the government. I live in silence and I pray. I have been in prison for two hundred days now, for no…
Category: The Buddha Smiles in Hell
Shantideva on Bodhisattvadom 101
Those who will falsely accuse me, and others who will do me harm, and others still who will degrade me, may they all share in Awakening. I am the protector of the unprotected and the…
How To Practice Buddhism in a Nation Perpetually at War
First, deal with your koan: “Do not kill. Do not let others kill. Find whatever means possible to protect life and prevent war.” Second, deepen your breathing. Third, most importantly, build the sangha based on…
How To Practice Buddhism in a Nation Perpetually at War
First, deal with your koan: “Do not kill. Do not let others kill. Find whatever means possible to protect life and prevent war.” Second, deepen your breathing. Third, most importantly, build the sangha based on…
General William Dupuy’s Utter Confidence in the Efficacy of State Terrorism
The solution in Vietnam is more bombs more shells more napalm… until the other side cracks and gives up Source Christian Apply, Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides
After Watson’s Translation #100 of Han-shan
for Chris Do you have the scribbles of Shimmelstoy in your bookmarks? They’re better for you than the Lotus Sutra! “Like,” share, and read them over and over– The bodhisattva in those verses is really only you!
Metta for a Psychiatrist
May you be filled with loving kindness For the kids on the edge of urban doom May you be well Unfazed by the hourly bureaucratic hoops May you be peaceful and at ease Before the…
Just Another Night at Café Illunination
After the talk on Operation Cast Lead Carla Nguyen and I headed over to Café Illumination Where we began processing what we heard We sat outside as it was a balmy night Odd how calm…
United States of Ch’an (Round up of the Last Week)
Reading Penelope Fitzgerald is ch’an Stretching out on the beach is ch’an Quitting your suckey job is ch’an Sitting and not being productive is ch’an Befriending your arch-nemesis is ch’an Attending to your 13th patient…
“The house of self is on fire,” Buddha said, “Get out!”
Meditation— The fire escape For my enflamed mind