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Contemplating Disease – Part 3b – Balance, Harmony, and Whack – August 24, 2018
Chih-I refers to the Four Elements as snakes, he wasn’t the first to do so, yet it is his work we are exploring. An explanation for the metaphor of four snakes can be found in the Suvarnaprabhasa Sutra which offers a parable of a man who fleeing from the two bewildering forms of life and…
How Not to Practice Buddhism or Chant Odaimoku – January 6, 2013 Meditation
How Not to Practice Buddhism or Chant Odaimoku I have written before on being asked the question “how should I chant” or “what should I chant for”. These seem to be questions practitioners frequently struggle with as they practice the Lotus Sutra. Some people come to Nichiren Buddhism from an organization that teaches that there…
Just finished reading “Century Rain” by Alastair Reynolds. Very good story if you like SF. Now time to go to sleep.
Took the pup for a nice long walk, she is tuckered out asleep at my feet. Listening to Prarie Home Companion.
Spending a very relaxing day with the puppy and reading some as well as a few minor projects. The sun is trying to poke out from behind clouds.
Fire in house two doors down. Firetrucks just leaving.