Posts Tagged ‘Buddhism’

Natalie Goldberg and the Accidental Buddhist

I just started re-reading a book I haven’t read in at least 20 years, Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg. I find it absolutely kick me in the nuts jaw droppingly amazing that despite the fact that I haven’t read this book since 1989 I remember it. I remember everything in here. [...]

Holding Back the Storm

I was just reading Thich Nhat Hanh on the subject of impermanence. He makes note of the fact that it appears that our suffering in life comes from the impermanence of things. Life itself is impermanent as death takes us all away in time and when we lose the ones we love, we [...]

Religious Precepts I Can Agree With

http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/resources/14_precepts.html

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The Internet vs. The Watchtower

It seems to me that in the battle of the Internet versus the Watchtower Society the Internet is winning.  Additionally, the Internet is strengthening the power of some other religions, especially Buddhism, which seems to be popping up everywhere I look these days.  The reason is simple… humans have an existential need in their lives, [...]

Syd Speaks Up On Religion…

The other day I was in a meeting with my son’s mother.  She complained to me that he has become increasingly vocal in his criticisms of religion and religious faith (especially Christianity) and she figured it was my fault for “teaching him atheism”.

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Buddhism Diary

I’m not sure if I’m a Buddhist.At one point, I was fairly certain that I was one because I understood it intellectually and agreed with it. Reading texts like the Dhammapada filled me with a sense of serenity and understanding. Reading about Buddhism, reading descriptions of it’s philosophical underpinnings, it’s goals, it’s history, [...]

Learn Something New Every Day

I have wanted to get back to blogging for awhile now but have not done so basically due to the fact that I have not known what I wanted to blog about. This may not seem like a big deal to you, but it is to me. I don’t want to do the [...]

Ryan Sutter, Creationist?

Back in 2001 when I was a Christian Creationist of the Jehovah’s Witness variety, I got involved in an creation/evolution debate on Usenet. I was soundly thrashed. It was a puzzling event for me because I was so certain that I was right and couldn’t understand how the “evolutionists” kept whooping my tail [...]

reads and reviews from the last 12 months…

This is a collection of books I have read over the last, oh I don’t know, 12 months or so and my thoughts on them… They’re in alphabetical order simply because I’m working off my Delicious Library list for self-reference:
“All Scripture is Inspired of God and Beneficial” – Watchtower Bible and Tract Society: This [...]