Recent stories of animal neglect and abuse |
There is a lot of concern over inhumane treatment of animals in the news and editorial pages lately. It all seems very hypocritical. If you really are concerned about animals, well, stop eating ...
Posted by amerikajin on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:16:00 PST |
When I believed in love 2 |
If tonight I should parish to the heavens above,
I'll reluctantly leave you my true love.
St. Peter will greet me and offer me wings.
I'll smile and chuckle. "I have no need of those things!"
I have f...
Posted by amerikajin on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:51:00 PST |
When I believed in love... |
I sit here in silence.I quiet my mind.I imagine you next to me.I imagine as you breathe in,I also breathe in. As you exhale.I also exhale.I speed up the pace of my heart to keep up with yours.Our hear...
Posted by amerikajin on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:44:00 PST |
Bodhi Samaya |
"For the sake of even one sentient being may I endure the chopping of my body into 1,000 pieces." The Mahayana view is that we will perpetually defer our own entry into heaven, or of escaping into ni...
Posted by amerikajin on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:46:00 PST |
Don't Eat Your Mother! |
I accept the theory of beginingless lifetimes as the most reasonable explanation to conscienceness. Beginingless is a long time. It is longer than 1 million lifetimes. It is longer than 1 billion lif...
Posted by amerikajin on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:44:00 PST |
Path of the Bodhisattva |
For as long as space endures and living beings remain, may I also abide to dispel the misery of the world. This is a prayer His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama says is his favorite among all others. It ...
Posted by amerikajin on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:43:00 PST |
Emptiness |
I don't have any understanding whatsoever into the true nature of Emptiness. I could say that I can see the tip of the iceberg of Emptiness but that would not be true. I could...
Posted by amerikajin on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:40:00 PST |
Investing in post-retirement... Your 401Karma |
(The views expressed here may not represent those of the Kauai Sangha. They are just the ramblings of a simple minded student who has as much chance of achieving realizations in this life a...
Posted by amerikajin on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:39:00 PST |
