Assange Given Ecuadorian Asylum – but what next? This is the full text released by Ecuador for their reasons for Assange’s successful application. See original text at the end. But What is to Happen Now? For now, Assange will have to stay in the Embassy. Ecuador has asked for assurances about his safe passage, but […]
As part of my Buddhist practice I recite two bits of prose and chant some Daimoku, which is the words “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” over and over again. I recite these two bits of prose, called the “Expedient Means” chapter and the “Life Span” chapter because Jill, the person who introduced me did so. Jillian […]
I Wish I Was a Girl – by The Pink Fairies Wem Copycat, Wem Copycat, Wem Copycat Ironic or what? Oh I tripped down the street in my fashion, Arousing Ladies passion, But they misunderstand my eyes, They don’t know that I’m just after their guys. The instrumental and vocal bit after the verse above […]
– from the Burton Watson translation. Then in the presence of the Buddha they spoke in verse form, saying: If there are those who fail to heed our spells and trouble and disrupt the preachers of the Law, their heads will split into seven pieces like the branches of the arjaka tree. Their crime will […]
Having been playing with the neat Broken Link Checker plugin today, I discovered a few links that had gone or changed and set about fixing them. During this process, I came across a mention about Arthur 2-Stroke who periodically self-promotes himself, even now. I’d like to share this wonderful experience that I gleaned here at […]
