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Hello, this blog is about my life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile / Koreaphile. Any useful information I can pass along will hopefully make the Internets a better place. Thanks for reading!
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
More “Hi Buddha”!
Recently, I wrote about my daughter’s habit of saying hi to the Buddha lately. She is 23 months old now, and has now learned how to blow kisses to people. She will often blow me kisses before I leave for … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Family, Religion
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A Sucker Born Every Minute
This is a good example of something that seems so real, it has to be believed: Take the ESP Experiment. Once I figured out how it actually works, the results were very amusing. It’s amazing how people can be so … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Religion
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Where’s the Buddha?
NO, I am not referring to a new ad for Buddha Burgers,* I am talking about the Buddha, the nature of the Buddha. Yesterday while writing another post, I was reminded of a certain famous sutra of the Pali Canon, … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Jodo Shinshu, Religion, Theravada, Zen
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No-self in laymen’s terms
Random flash of insight, but it occurred to me while pondering Rinzai Zen Buddhism for some odd reason, that in modern, every-day language, the Buddhist term of ‘no-self’ (anattā in Pali) just means that we’re big phonies. This is nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Religion, Theravada, Zen
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Happy T(of)urkey Day!
Picture is “The First Thanksgiving”, painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930). Recently, having finished the Roger Zelazny novel, Eye of Cat, I really developed a greater appreciation for Native American culture, and I like this painting as it highlights … Continue reading
Posted in General, Zelazny
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Japanese Sound Effect Words
I haven’t posted anything in a long time about Japanese Language, but I’ve been sitting on this topic for a while.* Since raising Baby to be bi-lingual in Japanese and English, I’ve come to learn a lot of “baby” Japanese … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Language
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My Brother’s Keeper
Amazing what kind of random stuff you can find in the Buddhist texts at times. I was looking online through the Pali Canon looking for stuff for another post I recently wrote, when I accidentally found this sutra, the Sedaka … Continue reading
The Ojoyoshu: Essentials of Birth in the Pure Land
This is my last post on the subject of mortality, but I wanted to close with a look at a famous Japanese Buddhist text, the Ōjōyōshū (往生要集), or “Essentials of Birth in the Pure Land”. The text was written before … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Jodo Shinshu, Jodo Shu, Religion, Tendai
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Pure Land Buddhism: Words of Encouragement
Genshin (源信), a 10th century Buddhist monk of the Tendai sect and author of the famous medieval text, the Ōjōyōshū (往生要集), or “Essentials of Birth in the Pure Land”,1 writes to us in another text, the Yokawa Hōgo (横川法語): Even … Continue reading
A Meditation Upon Death
Here “meditation” means “contemplation”, not the act of crossing one’s legs in a lotus posture that we Buddhists like to fixate on. Sometimes I wonder if we spend too much time on forms, not enough time on just good ol’ … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Jodo Shinshu, Religion
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