As part of the National Council Meeting of the Buddhist Churches of America, the Institute of Buddhist Studies hosts an annual symposium. I was asked to contribute a paper to the 2009 Symposium, and the theme was American Shin Buddhist music — or, more extravagantly, “The Great Sound of Enlightenment.”
Hate to break it to you, but that’s not Buddhism. And it sure as hell ain’t Zen.
empathy |ˈempəθē|
noun
the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Carrying on in my little exercise to simultaneously read more, write more, and post more, here we are on a very wet and rainy Tuesday.
How to tell your family you are Buddhist.
Two sentences from something I’m reading; two sentences from something I’m writing.
I’ve got a couple of self-promotional sort of things to say. And then I want I want to talk about what a big fat jerk I am.
