Category: Re-Blog

The Killing Field – The New York Times

While the news media get more readers and viewers by covering Donald Trump and massacres of white schoolchildren, almost no one exposes the atrocities in sub-Saharan Africa, where the victims are black.

Purple patch

In the purple patch; loitering with a purpose – waiting for nothing. Beautiful words once again from Stephanie. I share these words with you as I leave for an overnight trip with no loitering for me.

Why Kindness Heals – By James R. Doty, M.D.

Originally posted on Kindness Blog:
As a physician specializing in neurosurgery at an academic medical center, I appreciate the unhappiness many patients have with the present healthcare delivery system that is rushed, bureaucratic, non-caring and technology-focused. In the U.S. we spend more per capita than any other industrialized country, yet the outcomes are some of…

Gratitude and Happiness

Originally posted on Peace Paul's Blog:
The first noble truth of Buddhism, which is often translated simply as suffering, actually has a richer meaning. It conveys a sense of bitterness, of unsatisfactoriness, of incompleteness. The Buddha was realistic. He did not deny the existence of happiness in our daily lives. Life is filled with…

Barely seen – #photopoetry

I just came across this beautiful and meaningful photo and short poem by Stephanie Mohan, three days after I posted My New Tattoo, which describes the symbolism of the lotus A lotus to the Buddha in you, Stephanie.

Article: Can Buddhism Save the World?

“…the practice of “engaged Buddhism” could really be said to begin with the Buddha himself. The Buddha didn’t remain silently seated under the Bodhi tree, keeping his awakening to himself, hidden in his soul’s depths. Rather, he went out into the world, and the dharma began to engage with its culture and society of 2500 years ago.”

191 Days: Reflections on Ornette Coleman

Originally posted on Dr. Daniel Schnee:
天才を覚えます… The depths of winter are beginning to sing their song… bringing with them the memory of lost summer heat, and bare skin against the wind… the lost smile of the sun’s freedom… The picture above is my favorite picture of myself and my saxophone teacher, in his apartment…

the road

Originally posted on dhamma footsteps:
POSTCARD #180: Chiang Mai: For most people in the Christian world, the Christmas festival has jingle-bells, santaclausisms and the Jesus Teachings are embedded in this but that’s okay. Somehow the essence of it got assimilated in the warmth of our Christmas-shopping and why not, it’s all-inclusive isn’t it? For a…

Recovery from Addiction requires forward motion

Originally posted on jblea1016.com:
When I photograph something, it’s usually because of the movement I’m trying to capture. There’s always movement in life, whether or not we can see it. For example, in the pictures I’ve included, there is obviously the snow falling and the light reflecting. That implicit movement is what caught my…