Nothing is Ever Hidden
The audiobook of Don’t Be a Jerk is available now! I read it myself and even wrote a theme song. How can you beat that? You can’t. So order yours today. Also, the other day I ordered a copy of Embracing Mind: The Zen Talks of Kobun Chino Otogawa edited by Judy Cosgrove and Shinbo […]
Zen and Obsessions
A friend of mine’s wife is going through chemo therapy. He told me, “I’m mostly stressed: cancer stress, work stress, news stress, etc. This is why I can’t do zazen — sitting still means obsessing about all the things I can’t deal with. Or focusing on all the stuff I need to do.” That was […]
Innocent By-Standers and Collective Karma
In the previous segment of this blog I brought up the idea of collective karma. This may be the biggest stumbling block to understanding the Buddhist theory of karma — that karma is not something that happens just to individuals. Karma is not the idea that I do something bad and later on something bad happens […]
Election Night
In the 36 or so hours since I put up that story about my nephew, I’ve noticed a few people have canceled their regular PayPal donations to me. I’ve also seen some new donations come in. I know that one of the subscribers I lost was because he was unhappy with what my nephew does for a […]
My Nephew Danny Gold
My nephew Ben writes for a right-wing “news-entertainment” site called Liberty Writers News where he goes by the pen-name Danny Gold. In December, the Washington Post did a story about Ben and his writing partner Paris in which the Post defined what Ben and Paris write as “fake news.” Ben resents the term “fake news” because he […]
