Volume 58. December 17, 2024 Celebrated diarist Anne Frank once wrote, “No one has ever become poor from giving.” With that attitude in mind, let’s run through the Buddha’s Holiday Gift-giving Guide. And what better way to begin than with a story. One day the head priest of a Zen temple in medieval Japan askedContinue reading “The Buddha’s Holiday Gift-giving Guide”
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Bro World Cheers Their Once and Future King
Volume 57. November 10, 2024 Trump supporters are in hog heaven. Kinder and gentler is out. Ruder and cruder is in. Women are out. Men are in. Like James Brown, the godfather of soul, once sang, “This is a man’s world.” Ever since the dawn of the Iron Age, ever since about 3500 BCE, everContinue reading “Bro World Cheers Their Once and Future King”
Election 2024
Volume 56. October 28, 2024 Perhaps the legendary American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan was thinking of Donald Trump when he sang sardonically, “Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings.” After three consecutive presidential elections, most Americans like Bob Dylan know the score on that dishonest, anti-democratic demagogue and 34-time convicted felonContinue reading “Election 2024”
HAPPY MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL!
VOLUME 55. SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 Once upon a time, an archer loved his beautiful wife. She was bothered by the unbearable heat of ten suns scorching the land. So, the archer shot down nine of them. For his meritorious deed, Heaven rewarded him with the elixir of immortality. The archer’s wife, however, mistakenly consumed theContinue reading “HAPPY MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL!”
Biden’s Gracious Bow
Volume 54. August 3, 2024 On July 21, 2024, after a tortuous decision, President Joe Biden graciously bowed out of his reelection campaign. He announced, “I’ve decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation.” What a lesson in humility! Imagine being the most powerful person on the planet, thenContinue reading “Biden’s Gracious Bow”
Happy Fourth of July Buddha-style
Volume 53. July 4, 2024 Happy birthday, America! It’s time to celebrate. Founding Father John Adams thought Independence Day should be celebrated “with Pomp and Parade, with Shows, Games, Sports, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other.” He didn’t mention music, but that hasn’t stopped songwriters. Even classic rockContinue reading “Happy Fourth of July Buddha-style”
Why Do You Have To Lie?
Volume 52. June 5, 2024 For the first time in American history, a former president of the United States has been found guilty (34 times!) of criminal activity. On May 30, 2024, Donald Trump became a convicted felon. In a rambling, incoherent speech the next morning, Trump spewed invective at the judge, the witnesses andContinue reading “Why Do You Have To Lie?”
A Poignant Moment
Volume 51. May 15, 2024 My friends, we have reached a poignant moment. This moment marks the end of the Buddhist Studies Certificate Program at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha. What started in India in 500 BC, what spread across Asia for millennia, what ended in Tibet in 1959, will continue after we are gone.Continue reading “A Poignant Moment”
Solar Powered Enlightened Wisdom
Volume 50. April 12, 2024 “It was a scam!” she proclaimed after school. On April 8, 2024, there was a total eclipse of the sun across North America. In areas of totality, the moon blotted out the sun’s light, plunging the daytime Earth into nighttime darkness. Reactions across the natural world were mixed. Owls hooted.Continue reading “Solar Powered Enlightened Wisdom”
Profile in Courage
Volume 49. March 13, 2024 Sometimes you get the bear. Sometimes the bear gets you. On February 16, 2024, the bear got Alexi Navalny. After poking Putin for years, Russia’s most prominent dissident died while jailed in a penal colony near the Arctic Circle. He was 47. History will remember him for one thing: Courage.Continue reading “Profile in Courage”
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