JOSHUTOWN?
As regular readers know, I have been struggling for quite some time to properly express what I feel concerning the stuff surrounding Joshu Sasaki Roshi and the allegations that he sexually abused a number of his students. It’s not the allegations that concern me. I’m not interested in trying to dig into what happened. Other […]
Spring Micro Tour
OK. I’m going out on the road again. Here’s where I’ll be. SPRING MICRO-TOUR 2013 • March 5th (Tuesday) 7:00 pm NASHVILLE, TN – 12 South Dharma Center 2301 12th Ave. South, Suite 202, Nashville, TN 37204 (2nd floor, stairs in back of building). Meditation at 7pm (two 25 min periods with a 5 minute […]
Yoga is the New Satanism!
Here in Southern California, some irate Christian parents are suing their local school district for offering free voluntary yoga classes.This reminds me a lot of Pat Robertson’s famous video telling Christians to fear yoga because it’s praying to Hindu gods. I imagine it’s all tied in somehow. The Vatican itself has even declared yoga, along […]
The Sasaki Case: Part a Million and Seven
Before my rant, I want to officially announce our upcoming Zen retreat at Mt. Baldy Zen Center April 26-28, 2013. You can sign up here. Yes this is the very place where Joshu Sasaki allegedly fondled so many! But if you want to be fondled by me it will cost you $175 extra, I’m afraid. […]
Zen in the News
The Joshu Sasaki sex scandal has made both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times thus making it officially news, as opposed to just the stuff that gets bantered about on Buddhist blogs. One of the reasons things like this have been covered up in the past is the knowledge among us Buddhists […]
