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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:39:07 -0800

"Riding shotgun, my job description was to keep our driver happy and alert �" which was accomplished through the natural enjoyment of sangha as we fill our vessel with contemplations, insights, good humor, and an appreciation of scenery and bumper stickers alike."

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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:27:43 -0800

Dharma Songs
by the Tibetan Renunciate
Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol
(1781 -1851)

Like a Rainbow in the Sky
With Fierce Energy, Garuda Soars
Wish-Fulfilling Gem of Compassion
Raw, Brilliant, Awake
The Benefits of Solitude
Drop of Ambrosia
In Wild Places Where No One Lives
So - Let Go!
Long For Nothing
Environment As Text
At the Crossroads
For the Faithful
To the Sun of Domey
Practicing in Pleasant Solitudes
At the Cave of Subjugation
Song at Wondrous Lapchi
WIth Folded Hands
On the Threshold Yearning
Song at Kyirong
From the Dwelling Place of Accomplished Siddhas
Enlightenment After Enlightenment
Thirty Alrights
Song of Affinities
Song of Happiness
Butter Lamp Aspiration
May Goodness & Happiness Prevail
The Yogin Vidyadhara's Dedication of Merit
Ganachakra Prayer
Come Along To The Fine Land of Nepal
White Foot
Verses at Hundred Springs
Highway of Sacred Dharma
This Is Impermanence!
To Me & Those Like Me
Into the Invisible
People of Ngari
Song of the Natural State
Wondrous Happiness
The Red Wheel
The Enjoyments of Suffering
An Unpredictable Certainty
No Greater Mistake
Rare As A Daystar
Learning to Listen
My Ultimate Advice
Praise to a Hidden Buddha
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Robert Fisk&s World: The truth about the Middle East is buried beneath the headlines - Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:13:12 -0800

ROBERT FISK: Chomsky was wrong. It's not about consent. It's about the manufacture of social, political and historical denial.

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | Sarnath set to scale heights

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:26:16 -0800

"One of the world's tallest Buddha statues will soon be unveiled at Sarnath, the pilgrimage centre near Varanasi where he had delivered his first sermon.

The Thai government-funded 100-foot sandstone structure, at a Thai monastery in Sarnath, is similar to Afghanistan's two Bamiyan statues, which were the world's tallest Buddha images till they were destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001.

The Sarnath bust mirrors the Gandhara style of art on which the Bamiyan statues, carved on the sides of a cliff, were based."

Ohio Wesleyan art professor uncovers celestial connection in desert Southwest | The Columbus Dispatch

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:02:09 -0800

The latest pioneer sleuthing into stone-age evidence of native american archaeo-astronomy.

Jeweled Demise | Tricycle Magazine

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:15:15 -0700

"As I continued looking, an assortment of shiny round objects in a variety of colors caught my eye. They were like so many beads in a make-your-own-jewelry kit, ranging from the size of a peppercorn to that of a chickpea. Some were smooth and glossy, others matte and irregular; others looked identical to seed pearls. The descriptions claimed they were from the historical Buddha, his heart disciples Shariputra and Ananda, and a host of Buddhist luminaries hailing from India, China, Burma, Thailand, and Tibet. Here were the Buddha's "blood relics," his "very white relics," and Ananda's "dark relics," the labels read. This sort of collection I had never seen, or even heard of, before."

Obama: The Pot President | Disinformation

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:30:31 -0700

"It may be the biggest thing to come out of the financial meltdown. We won't get meaningful reform of the banking system, but we're going to get legalized pot."

Raccoons as Animal Spirit Guides: Native American Indian Totems and Pre-Psychology | Suite101.com

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:21:59 -0700

Raccoon is almost seven foot tall and wears a Smokey the Bear hat. He visited us one evening in the summer of 1987 to say it was time to leave Cape Cod. No shit.

Robert Fisk&s World: Beiruts history cant be reduced to a mere heritage trail - Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:06:39 -0700

"... the old city of Beirut is a giant historical club sandwich, the lower slice of stone "bread" being about 5,000 years old."

- Robert Fisk

Fisk is gem of humanistic journalism, the most educated and compassionate western correspondent in the middle-east.

5 Emotional Vampires and How to Combat Them | World of Psychology

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:25:06 -0700

Dilgo Khyentse once said that this is a land of man-eating demons.