A Tit for a Tat (141)
Tit: How do you know which brow hair to pluck?
Tat: If it’s not part of the brow.
Tit: But isn’t all brow hair part of the brow?
Tat: Not when it’s a stray hair.
Tit: Brow hair or stray hair… sounds like discrimination!
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Jehu [King of Israel] assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab worshiped Baal a little; Jehu will worship him with great devotion. So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests. None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of [...]
A note about mindfulness, that happened to be about the word ‘mindful’:
Thank you for using publishing my review, which you found online at http://buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=12,6163,0,0,1,0 I read through it and saw an amendment. The word ‘mindful’ in the sentence - ‘In their course of guerrilla filmmaking, the buddies go bumbling around with shabby makeshift props, half-witted scripts and [...]
Which came first?
The chicken or the egg?
But the chicken is in the egg,
But the egg is in the chicken.
Without the chicken, there is no egg.
Without the egg, there is no chicken.
The chicken and egg are interdependent.
The chicken and egg are not independent.
Everything arises from many causes and conditions.
Nothing arises from no cause or condition.
The above [...]
If you want to know someone
who is always agreeable with yourself,
you might as well converse with a mirror,
whose reflection smiles and frowns
at the very same things you do.
But if you are to really converse
with someone out there,
who is exactly like you,
would you find him or her perfectly agreeable,
or somewhat questionable?
Without being disagreeable with oneself,
how can one better [...]
Japanese restaurants are known for their prevalent, wasteful and environmentally-unfriendly use of disposable wooden chopsticks. We visited one recently and came prepared – with our own washable chopsticks. When you throw away chopsticks, you are essentially throwing trees away. I heard that the rationale for using the throwaway chopsticks is that the Japanese are very particular [...]
Some ‘random’ advice that came to mind to dissuade someone from having an abortion -
1. She shouldn’t kill as it’s her ‘mistake’ to conceive the child ‘accidentally’.
2. Why punish one’s own innocent child for one’s mistake?
3. All beings have been our parents in the past. How can we kill our own kindly mother [...]
: . skip to main skip to sidebar Buddhism in the News Loading . Saturday , May 29, 2010 Summer Night . Haiku man embraces night darkness observes city whirring laptop glows By James R . Ure Posted by They call him James Ure at 9:07 AM Labels : haiku night summer 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom ShareThis Option Buddha theme designed by Free Wordpress Themes Translation Badge About Me They call him James Ure A Zen Buddhist who follows in the tradition of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh but I enjoy teachings from all Buddhist traditions . In addition , I am greatly influenced by Taoism , some Hindu beliefs and Secular Humanism . I am also a nature lover and live with Schizo-Affective Disorder . The blog is titled , The Buddhist Blog because: . skip to main skip to sidebar Buddhism in the News Loading . Monday , May 24, 2010 A Great Discription of . Meditation Meditation , simply defined , is a way of being aware . It is the happy marriage of doing and being It lifts the fog of our ordinary lives to reveal what is hidden it loosens the knot of self-centeredness and opens the heart it moves us beyond mere concepts to allow for a direct experience of reality . Meditation embodies the way of awakening : both the path and its fruition . From one point of view , it is the means to awakening from another , it is awakening . itself Lama Surya Das , The Heart-Essence of Buddhist Meditation Winter 2007 James This is one of the best and most complete yet concise descriptions of meditation that I have come across in my years of: : . skip to main skip to sidebar Buddhism in the News Loading . Thursday , May 20, 2010 Tricycle Discussion : Jeff Bridges and Zen Peacemakers' Bernie . Glassman Jeff Bridges has been one of my favorite actors since The Big Lebowski , so I was thrilled to hear about his interest in Buddhism . He was featured in a great discussion between himself and Zen Peacemaker Bernie Glassman . This is part 1--Part 2 will be released next week . Watch the video from Tricycle , Click here before reading my analysis of this interview : below First off , I too found a hint of Zen in Bridges' character The Dude in the aforementioned movie but I was more struck by the idea of bringing dignity to those who need some assistance with food . We are good at having pity upon people but being able to help others: . skip to main skip to sidebar Buddhism in the News Loading . Wednesday , May 19, 2010 Receive a Free Pair of Tickets to Hear the Dalai Lama Speak on May . 20th-22nd The one and only Dalai Lama will be coming to Radio City May 20th-22nd teaching six sessions of holiness and you can receive a free pair of tickets to hear him speak on May 20th All you have to do is Follow MSGnyc on Twitter and RT re-tweet the following tweet below to : enter RT MSGnyc : Win a pair of tix to see the one and only DalaiLama 5 20 at Radio City Follow RT to enter http : bit.ly bbxASu More info on the sessions here : http : www.radiocity.com events hh-dalai-lama-510.html End of Transmission--- Posted by They call him James Ure at 4:06 PM Labels : dalai lama new york radio city 0 comments : Post a Comment Newer: . . skip to main skip to sidebar Buddhism in the News Loading . Tuesday , May 18, 2010 Guessed it in Our Imaginations . . REPOST James I've been reading the excellent blog , Genkaku Again for awhile now and always come away from reading his posts with a view of something that I hadn't noticed before . For example , I've often wondered about the authenticity of the canon's claiming to be the words of Buddha but I eventually realized that it's more important if the teachings work than who spoke actually said them . So , when I read this post about the literal nature of Buddhist writings and teachings over at Genkaku's blog--I was : riveted On a BBC Buddhist bulletin board , in a thread asking what was the source of Buddha's wisdom one fellow , who describes himself as a peaceful Muslim: . skip to main skip to sidebar Buddhism in the News Loading . Saturday , May 15, 2010 May Thailand Know Peace and . Reconciliation The political situation in Thailand of late the past two months has been intense to watch unfold and tensions seems wound tighter than a stretched and fraying rope . There have been protests of the elitists in Thailand The government , military , entrenched business interests , and some claim the monarchy by the poor and working classes called , The Red Shirts over a perceived lack of say in affairs of the state . In the past the King has intervened during protests to calm the situation but some say that the monarchy has been too politicized this time . In part because the royalist elitist faction claims the red-shirt goal is nothing short of tearing down the: : . skip to main skip to sidebar Buddhism in the News Loading . Sunday , May 09, 2010 Buddhism : A Path for . Everyone Buddha said that different beings have different capacities for understanding , different ways of thinking , different personalities and mentalities and cultural attitudes and that teachings should be in accordance with this . The essence of Buddhism is lovingkindness and compassion and understanding emptiness . And all these different approaches are just many ways of allowing these real , innate qualities to . manifest When we teach , any example that is understood by the teacher and the student can be used . Also , sometimes with people in the West , when they try meditation , they try too hard . They become very tight , their bodies become tense . Everything becomes: . skip to main skip to sidebar Buddhism in the News Loading . Saturday , May 08, 2010 Zen Master Seung Sahn on . Abortion Previously I had only known Zen master Seung Sahn through short YouTube clips but I was enlightened by what I heard . However , just before we left for a vacation in Costa Rica , I wanted to find a book that would help me stay grounded despite all the activity we'd be . experiencing We all enjoy fun but given the reality of samsara even the most enjoyable activity can become a source of suffering after too much indulgence . I don't necessarily believe in fate , though I do believe in karma but when selecting a book I couldn't find any of the half a dozen books that I was searching for at the local . bookstore So , I wandered over to the Buddhist section as is my: . . skip to main skip to sidebar Buddhism in the News Loading . Thursday , May 06, 2010 Confession of a Buddhist Atheist . A Book . Review I know some people find him controversial in Buddhist circles but I have thoroughly enjoyed all of Stephen Batchelor's books . So , it was with excitement that I opened the envelope from his office containing the new book , Confession of a Buddhist Atheist . The beginning is the story of his journey East on the Hippie Trail toward India and Asia where he studied Buddhism as a monk in Dharamsala with the Dalai Lama . Then , later , studying Zen in . Korea Of course a lot of the conclusions reflect an atheistic view but rather than give away the juicy parts I'll let you discover those for yourself . I highly recommend this book to the contemporary
May 17 – May 31, 2010: The Shambhala Sun Foundation’s First “Auction for a Mindful Society” The Shambhala Sun Foundation is auctioning off many great items this month, including three recent Wisdom books on mindfulness, Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants, Momentary Buddhahood, and Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness Bid on great items to inspire your [...]