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Swami

The action of the bodhisattva is like the moon shining on one hundred bowls of water, so that there

About Me

Born in PA... ran away from home at 18... ran back home at 19... went to Kent State U., found nothing... ran to Valencia, CA and hung out at Cal Arts, but never was a student there... walked the pristine beach of Ventura... learned Transcendental Meditation in Santa Barbara... aspired to change the world... HA! Still meditating, learning... waiting for Mahasamadhi.SURF'S UP!!!... er... uhhh... alright.

My Interests

Yogic practice & Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Hollywood dive bars, complicated music, Andy Warhol, etc. Grey Goose, Don Julio, Jameson...

I'd like to meet:

Jerry Mahoney, Jayne Mansfield, Ogden Edsel, Bullwinkle J. Moose, Papeye, Lolita, Knucklehead Smiff, Ozzy, Leather Face, etc.

Music:

Zappa, Todd Rundgren, Procol Harum, Mike Keneally, Captain Beefheart, John McLaughlin, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Pharoah Sanders, Eric Dolphy, Charles Lloyd, Keith Jarrett, Traffic, Chunky, Novi, & Ernie, Rollins Band, etc.

Movies:

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, W.C. Fields, Marx Brothers, Three Stooges & anything in black & white that is well-made.

Television:

Hardly ever... except for the Simpsons.

Books:

Bukowski, Vedas and Buddhism.

Heroes:

The Doctrines and Practice of Nichiren Shoshu
Nichiren Shoshu In North America
Soka Gakkai International
Art of Living Foundation

My Blog

Pretending to Practice

Pretending to PracticeQuestion: You said we should pretend as if we can practice in this way, but in trying to practice generosity, patience, or meditation, what happens is that you see your lack, tha...
Posted by Swami on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:22:00 PST

Fourteen Slanders

Nichiren Daishonin explains that these Fourteen Slanders are causes for karmic retribution, bad causes that bring unpleasant effects, and that they affect priests and laity alike. Since they are so se...
Posted by Swami on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:18:00 PST

On Attaining Buddhahood

If you wish to free yourself from the sufferings of birth and death you have endured through eternity and attain supreme enlightenment in this lifetime, you must awaken to the mystic truth which has a...
Posted by Swami on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:34:00 PST