Introducing: Quote of the Week...Buddha Supports Animal Rights. 24 Aug 2013 | 04:42 am

-- I often hold off on devoting an entire post to but one quote. It's nice to do it now-and-then but I don't think you dear readers came here just to read quote after quote. Still, sometimes the best...

Yoshi--The Cat!! 20 Aug 2013 | 04:14 am

My wife and I proudly introduce our Balinese kitty, Yoshi. He will be coming-home with us (my wife and I) over Labor Day (early September). We have been busy getting ready for his arrival. He will be ...

Buddhist Humor for the Week-End: The No Haiku. 17 Aug 2013 | 08:28 am

Buddhism or Zealotry? 16 Aug 2013 | 03:53 am

By Agence France-Presse Sunday, August 11, 2013 10:18 EDT Sri Lankan police deployed commandos and imposed a curfew on a Colombo neighbourhood Saturday after a Buddhist-led mob attacked a mosque, wou...

Avalokiteshvara Symbolizes Buddhist Efforts Toward Increasing Compassion and Acceptance of Women, and the LGBT Community. 9 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am

A friend on Facebook shared the following quote with me--It's from Nancy Baker in, "Of Samurai and Sisterhood": There’s a strong streak of anti-essentialism in feminism, just as there is in Buddhism....

Forgiveness Brings Peace. 31 Jul 2013 | 03:30 am

I have spent too much time in my life being angry and bitter. I haven't lived a life of success, as "the world" would define it. I wasted two years of my university days gallivanting through Africa as...

Yogi Waldo 15 Jul 2013 | 12:34 am

"We Can Not Start Over, but We Can Begin Now, and Make a New Ending." 4 Jul 2013 | 04:15 am

The following essay was inspired by the exellent article, "Why the Buddha Touched the Earth" by John Stanley and David Loy at The Huffington Post website. I encourage you to read it (link). Much thank...

Buddhist Monk, U Wirathu and the 969 Movement. 28 Jun 2013 | 01:55 am

(Poster for 969 movement in Burma) A recent Time magazine article reported on the radical, anti-Muslim views being preached by the Burmese monk, U Wirathu. A vocal minority, however, still supports t...

Buddhist Monk Dedicated to Preventing Suicide in Japan. 26 Jun 2013 | 11:01 am

-- "The bodhisattva vow is the commitment to put others before oneself. It is a statement of willingness to give up one’s own well-being, even one’s own enlightenment, for the sake of others." The Co...