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- Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:30 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Have you read "A death on diamond mountain"?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2571
Re: Have you read "A death on diamond mountain"?
I read the book last week. For the most part it did not contain much new information that couldn't be put together from what was published in in the New York Times and Elephant Journal, except for the detailed backstory of Ian. The epilogue, where the author discusses feeling as though he may have b...
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:41 pm
- Forum: Sakya
- Topic: Sakya Monastery in Seattle, WA
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1938
Re: Sakya Monastery in Seattle, WA
I miss that neighborhood. I could go for some Gorditos right now.
- Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:36 pm
- Forum: Engaged Buddhism
- Topic: The Sword That Heals (my piece on the question of violence)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 453
The Sword That Heals (my piece on the question of violence)
Turning Wheel Media, a wing of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship is devoting an issue of its online magazine to the question of nonviolence. I wrote this piece to introduce to an engaged Buddhist audience some well known complications for nonviolence in Anarchist literature. I apologize in advance for a...
- Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:49 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Philosophy isn't dead?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1646
Re: Philosophy isn't dead?
So, I wonder if metaphysics for Buddhists is really applicable or even useful for the aforementioned present day discussion in academia. The goals and premises are very different. The Continental/Analytic divide is as wide as it has ever been. There is certainly more synergy between Buddhist though...
- Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:46 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: What's Happening To Me?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1924
Re: What's Happening To Me?
I've certainly seen (and experienced personally) the use of external political situations as a method of projecting inner anger or to create comforting narratives (both hero and victim).
Out of curiosity, was it an anti-civ orientation (Derrick Jensen etc) that you were involved in?
Out of curiosity, was it an anti-civ orientation (Derrick Jensen etc) that you were involved in?
- Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:43 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Re-stringing mala beads?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6694
Re: Re-stringing mala beads?
Thank you for the responses everyone. I think I'll pass on the elastic strings but I am happy to know that there is no danger to simply re-stringing it myself.
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:09 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Re-stringing mala beads?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6694
Re-stringing mala beads?
Hello everyone,
I have a fairly simple question. The string of my mala beads recently broke after about 13 years of use. Thankfully none of the beads were lost. Are there any specific considerations I should be aware of before I go ahead and re-string it?
Thank you,
Zettel
I have a fairly simple question. The string of my mala beads recently broke after about 13 years of use. Thankfully none of the beads were lost. Are there any specific considerations I should be aware of before I go ahead and re-string it?
Thank you,
Zettel