by Infinite Smile | Mar 10, 2010 | Blog
Sojourners has set up a way to “report” ourselves to the appropriate authorities if we espouse social justice in our interpretation of sacred scripture. Feel free to join me. Here’s my report: Dear Mr. Beck, I’m a Buddhist who believes in the...
by Infinite Smile | Jan 22, 2010 | Blog
Question: How does one go about dedicating their life to this practice? I’m 25 and don’t have many responsibilities, so I have more flexibility and time to give to it. Answer: It’s like that old Nike slogan: just do it. There are ways of going about...
by Infinite Smile | Oct 13, 2009 | Blog
I got an email recently that was pretty cool. In it the anonymous writer rather pointedly suggested that I was wrong to suggest that Alan Chapman’s self-professed “full” enlightenment, documented over at his site, Open Enlightenment, was at best an...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 30, 2009 | Blog
Ross Robertson of EnlightenNext has a nice piece on an interesting pioneer: Jun Po Roshidharma heir of Rinzai Zen Master Eido Shimano Roshi, founder of a lay Buddhist order called Hollow Bones, and originator of a modern form of Rinzai known as Mondo Zencame to...
by Infinite Smile | Apr 14, 2009 | Blog
Okay, not quite, but theworsthorse paints an interesting picture of the reasons behind Mel Gibson’s impending split and it has nothing to do with either interesting facial expressions or beard-tugging. According to the LA Gossip Examiner: Apparently, Robin Moore...