"At that time Sunidha and Vassakara, Magadhan ministers, were having a city built at Pataligama in order to keep the Vajjians at bay. Hosts of deities were then haunting the fields there by the thousands. Now mighty deities sway the minds of mighty kings and ministers to build cities in places haunted by them. Mediocre deities sway the minds of ( Read more... )

Over the few weeks I've been back in America, I've been trying to take stock of the political situation here. When I left for Thailand things were feeling pretty stuck, like there was no real organized resistance to the military-industrial powers-that-be. I think when Obama came into office there was some hope that things would change in a ( Read more... )

It would seem as though there has been a mass migration to Facebook (?) from Livejournal. Now, as I look back over old LJ posts, the wind whistles through the deleted comments. Even when I return from Thailand bearing such resplendent gifts as *cough* a

LOW BUDGET VIDEO INVOCATION TO THE NINE PLANETS OF INDIAN ASTROLOGYno one seems to be ( Read more... )

My ads on gmail are kind of embarrassing, e.g. "Become a Life Coach."

One thing I discovered in my last five years of forest monasticism is that Google will auto-complete your searches in Thai. Hence I was able to track down a video on YouTube that I will now proceed to share with ye people of the friends list ( Read more... )

So, I'm back from Thailand visiting my family in Virginia. Later this month I'll be in New York City and after that I'll be in the Bay Area for about two weeks. I'm hoping to use some of that time to visit Abhayagiri Monastery. I'm still a monk, FYI ( Read more... )

Thanks to merikus for posting this on my behalf, and greetings from Thailand ( Read more... )

Hey, just a quick hello to everyone. We just finished the Rains Retreat 2006 (theme: eating little, sleeping little, and speaking little)! There's been a lot of good food at the temple to celebrate (including, among other things, golden swastika cookies). Things are going to be a bit more quiet in the coming months, I think, as most of the ( Read more... )

I'm in town today checking e-mail and running a few errands. I am in an insanely loud Internet cafe. A few things ( Read more... )

I'm in Savannakhet, Laos on a visa run at the moment. It's a nice place, kids have been chasing after me saying, "hello!, hello!, hello ( Read more... )