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Here’s something you don’t get everyday (thankfully ;) )… I’m not sure what to say, other than “danger, danger…” No, really, though, it’s kind of cute – love in its purist form is always a good thing, and I’m not so sexually insecure as to be afraid of such things as this. The lipstick [...] It took reactivating my Facebook account again to make me realize why Facebook is not for me… I’m anti-social. And I’m allowed to be, I’m a Buddhist monk. That’s my job. It finally dawned on me that the reason I never really “got” Facebook is that Facebook is the opposite of monk. Even a [...] 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 [...] Today I got sidetracked into taking part in “Life In A Day“, via YouTube. I’ve been filming since 12:01 AM and have gone through most of the following list already (the four questions are part of the requirements, not something I thought up): • 12 AM – Pre-day – thoughts, reasons, intentions • 4 [...] Male. Meditates, or would like to start. Good at sitting still. Language skills an asset. Room and board provided. Job description: keep women away from monk, bear witness to monk’s conversations with women. Interested, send note to: yuttadhammo (gmail). Here’s pictures of today; it was a grand day, made possible only by the concerted efforts of a number of very kind people; thanks to everyone for making this day one for the books. We hit nine monasteries in about ten hours, leaving cast-off robes for the monks at each place we visited – [...] A word on some of what has happened recently. I imagine news of the nature of my thoughts on this weblog has garnered me some new and unexpected audience members, hungry for at the least an explanation of the events leading up to what became an unfortunate misunderstanding between myself and a certain group of fellow human beings. I am sorry to say I will not satiate this desire; sorry only in the sense that one might wish to do one’s best to oblige the thirsts of others. But this story will have to lay unwritten. I was asked, ordered even, to at the very least post a revised version of my thoughts on the proper role of a Buddhist monastery in regards to the rest of human society and the proper every day attitude, behaviour and comportment of a Buddhist monk; revised, that is, from a recent post I put up briefly and quickly took down, though not quick enough. It is true, perhaps, that this instrument which had stood the test of a thousand years for the moral regeneration of a man from slavery to freedom and to moral perfectibility may be a two-edged weapon and it may lead some not to humility and complete self-control but to the most Satanic pride, that [...] 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 [...] |
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