by Infinite Smile | Jul 27, 2010 | Blog
Even if these people did “scuttle” his meditation, imprisoning and beating visitors is not the most Buddhist of behaviors. Maybe he’s rebranding as Nepal’s “Buddha Bad Boy.” PATHLAIYA: Ram Bahadur Bamjan, 20, popularly known as...
by Infinite Smile | Jul 27, 2010 | Blog
I can’t quite do this as well as Bruce Lee did, back in the day. Give me a few more decades… and some nunchucks. Hat tip: elephant journal
by Infinite Smile | Jul 25, 2010 | Blog
I’m always appreciative of empirical explorations of the things I yammer on about from the cushion. I also like that for any of Brooks’ perceived failings he’s intellectually curious; something refreshing among the punditocracy. We are, it appears,...
by Infinite Smile | Jul 25, 2010 | Blog
The most recent flap over whether or not to put a mosque near NYC’s ground zero has struck a chord for many. Although its okay for a strip club to be located nearby, a mosque crosses the line. Robert Wright does a nice job in his essay on the topic for the NYT,...
by Infinite Smile | Jul 24, 2010 | Blog
As much as I enjoy philosophical discourse, the whole “Free Will” things get’s old. This, in my view, is because the arguments as to whether or not we have it tend to miss the most fundamental aspect of the debate: free will is an intedependancy. In...
by Infinite Smile | Jul 24, 2010 | Blog
The first copper-domed Tibetan Buddhist temple will be built on the coast of west Cork, according to IrishCentral.com Garranes, Ireland — It has been announced that the Dzogchan Beara retreat centre will build a copper-domed traditional Tibetan Buddhist temple...
