Today I had lunch with some friends from school, among them is a (Buddhist) monk, who's acquantance I just made today.  He is white, and American, but studied and enetered the monastary in Korea.

Monk " God it's been so long, (since I had sex).  I don't even remember who ties who up."

So, its practice week.  And somehow, if anything, I feel as though I am MORE tired and busy than ever.  I swear finding time to meditate is not supposed to be stressful, especially if you DON'T HAVE CLASSES. Oy.

Anyway.  I took an Ikebana class yesterday.  Here are some pictures.

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Slept until 1:30, kind of. First I was awakened by Rachel home to get some things, and then by the post office, informing me that I had a package from flowers.com, courtesy of
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Mr. Legakis said that drugs as a conduit to enlightenment were cheating, and that people you achieved it by that method didn't attain authentic enlightenment. It was passing and artificial ( Read more... )

The Peace Pagoda was beautiful. It had been freshly painted. There are relics in it from Sri Lanka ( Read more... )

I am writing an 8-credit, year-long Special Studies. Not a thesis.
Buddhism and Existentialism- ethics, moral culpability, and antinomianism.

I think that religious types are on to something with this no worldly possessions business.

After a double-shot and 4 more hours of my zen final, I may actually be loosing it. Or have lost it. I'm tempted to post my finished paper in an attempt properly to illustrate why my eyes are all buggy and red and why I'm about five minutes away from blabbering incoherently about the impermanence and emptiness of Buddha-nature fully manifested ( Read more... )

I understand why I found 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' so boring in High School ( Read more... )

but as there is no me, I suppose that that is of very little importance ( Read more... )