Another reason to switch to Linux, besides the fact that embraces Buddhist values of freedom and cooperation, is that it does all sorts of useful things, provided you are willing to exercise your cranium in order to figure them out. Here’s one that’s fairly easy to work with, called “display-dhammapada”, a script used to [...]
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The following letter was printed in today’s issue of the Moorpark Acorn, without the “Dear Citizens of Moorpark,”. Instead, there is seen the heading “Buddhist Monk Says He’s Harmless”. Dear Citizens of Moorpark, I am writing to introduce myself as a new resident of your city. I am a Buddhist monk and I teach [...] Here’s a list sent graciously by the Vice-President of the Tourism Authority of Thailand at an off-hand request. Maybe it will be of some use to someone, somewhere, looking for something. (PDF version here) Meditation in Thailand : International Buddhist Meditation Centre (IBMC) Dhamma Wichaya Hall, Wat Maha That, Tha Prachan, Bangkok [...] A perennial favourite, this question. Last year, I said I wasn’t going to stay at Wat Thai, any Wat Thai, and now here I am in Thailand about to go to a Wat Thai board meeting to talk about starting a meditation department at Wat Thai. See, they bought a piece of property near [...]
I was recently alerted via twitter to a Bill Maher article in which he does some pretty serious Buddhism-bashing. The alert came from this Buddhist blog, in the form of an open letter to Mr. Maher. I think the letter was quite well written, but not exactly how I would address this issue. I was recently asked whether the word Ajaan can be used for people who are not ordained, and rather than limit the answer to one person, I thought I would share it with all of you who might be interested in the subject. The word Ajaan, or actually “Aajaan” (อาจารย์) as the Thais pronounce [...] Great to hear, though I’m a bit skeptical… I’ve quoted him before as saying he didn’t believe it humanly possible to follow the Buddha’s path, which is perhaps the reason he fell off it in the first place? Anyway, here’s the quote of the day: Part of following this path for me is Buddhism, [...] Something interesting I found today at: http://www.palikanon.com/english/timetable.htm THE SPREAD OF BUDDHISM
Chronological Table of Important Events Prepared by Olcott Gunasekera – Director, There are many problems in preparing a Due to scantiness of information, certain http://wanderingdhamma.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/comparing-international-meditation-centers-wat-chom-tong-wat-rampoeng-and-wat-prathat-doi-suthep/ A pretty good, unbiased description of all three Int’l meditation centres in Chiang Mai under Ajaan Tong… having taught at all three, I’d say it’s pretty accurate, though I would question some of the background information like “the technique of Wat Rampoeng is the same as Ajahn Tong had established it before he [...] So, let’s see… the Internet went down this weekend, that’s why I’ve been out of touch… oh, and the fact that I spent last night in a jail cell on charges of indecent exposure… but I suppose that’s just par for the course at this point. I went to the beach yesterday; actually, I never set foot on the beach… I went back to this nifty meditation spot I had found on Sunday, about 1/2 km from the beach, just behind the sand dunes. Here’s some pictures: |
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