From Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad:

"The Yen Buddhists are the richest religious sect in the universe. They hold that the accumulation of money is a great evil and burden to the soul. They therefore, regardless of personal hazard, see to it as their unpleasant duty to acquire as much as possible in order to reduce the risk to innocent people ( Read more... )

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I FINALLY left buddhists. It's one thing to deal with drama llamas all the fucking damned time, but being told off for politely asking to put graphic images of people dying behind a cut was the last straw ( Read more... )

I'm studying Buddhism again, and it's hard going. The whole religion is based on compassion and love, and while I'm all for it, I find myself having trouble with the whole "compassionate" aspect. Obviously, I'm not the most forgiving person, so it's hard for me to give up grudges and wish people who fucked me over all the merry best ( Read more... )

Yesterday night I had this horrible headache. It started after I came home and only stopped after I woke up from passing out from the pain and nausea. I wanted to DIE ( Read more... )