Posted in Books, Links on March 7, 2008 | No Comments »
On my last visit to London (on business; good thing financially speaking), I visited the British Library for the first time. The Sir John Ritblat Gallery is a permanent free display of ancient books, including early literature and holy books; maps, the Magna Carta, writings of Shakespeare and an array of literary giants, an impressive Beatles display and much [...]
Posted in Books, Personal musings on March 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Before Enlightenment: Chop Wood, Carry Water.
After Enlightenment: Chop Wood, Carry Water.
It’s an ancient Zen saying you’ve likely read many times before. Author Stephen Altschuler recommends giving it a try literally, at least the “chop wood” part, in his recent article for the SF Chronicle, with some welcome how-to advice on chopping wood without hurting yourself. [...]
Posted in Books, Reviews on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I recently came across Ode magazine through some series of articles, blogs and links that I don’t think I could replicate now. But I am glad I found the website of this still quite new magazine for “intelligent optimists” – ”a print and online publication about positive news, about the people and ideas that are changing [...]
Posted in Books, Links on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
The story of the Aikido expert confronting a drunk in the Tokyo subway, included in the book Essential Spirituality by Roger Walsh (pp.96-98), which we read at last week’s practice group, was written by Terry Dobson (1937-1992), an American aikido expert, writer and teacher. Surprisingly, there is no citation to Terry Dobson within Walsh’s book.
This link [...]
Posted in Books, Reviews on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
I came across an interesting book review which reminded me of a past blog posting of Tim’s awhile back about a graphical representation of Buddhism.
The book is entitled Mapping the Dharma: A Concise Guide to the Middle Way of the Buddha, by Paul Gerhards. It sounds from Peter Clothier’s review that the book takes the [...]
Posted in Books, In the Media on June 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Speaking of Faith is a radio program hosted by Krista Tippett that I listen to on the internet sometimes. It’s always thoughtful and interesting. Recently there was a program called “Buddhism in the World”, in which she interviews Pankaj Mishra, author of a book called An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World. I [...]
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