October 28, 2002
big flakes
It’s been raining most of the afternoon, now it is snowing. Not little flakes, but big ones. The kind that will accumulate fast if it keeps this up all night.
posted @ 4:49 PM
October 27, 2002
be careful of why
My step-mom tends to ask me questions that she doesn’t really want to hear the answer to. Questions like, “what’s wrong with drinking cows milk?” I explain a bit about how the animals are treated and the chemicals they receive and a few other charming things about the life of a dairy cow. About this point she (without fail) says, “oh gross! I don’t want to think about it.” Which is fine by me. I’m not preachy when it comes to being a vegetarian. There is a place for that and groups like PeTA are necessary to spread the information around and be a little more radical and sensationalist to counter all of the “milk is good for you” propaganda. I would much rather just say, “no thank you,” when offered jerky or a glass of milk, but when pressed I will tell you all about it.
My in-laws don’t generally ask us why. They have owned cows and know exactly what goes on. Maybe not on the large corporate scale, but even at the small farm level you have many of the same procedures. You still have to raise an animal and then shoot it while your children are in hysterics behind you. They tease us. They always offer us some of their steak. But they have yet to ask us why we don’t eat meat.
In case you are wondering why the posts have slowed down so much, not only am I trying to bring the Tashi Lhunpo monks to town, I’m also trying to learn PHP so that I can use Moveable Type as the new medium for posting. Check out what I’ve got so far.
UPDATE: The site is now powered by Moveable Type.
posted @ 9:21 AM
October 21, 2002
ulterior motives
One thing I haven’t mentioned about the visiting monks is that I am hoping to get a Dharma group together while they are here or a mailing list together of people who are at least somewhat like minded and start a little center… even if it’s just meeting once a month for a pot luck karma. It would be very helpful to have a group like this right now, as I’m finding the process of bringing the monks to town (by myself) to be a little exhausting.
posted @ 6:50 PM
October 11, 2002
aci written materials
Complete written materials are now available for classes One through Eight. Ladies and gentlemen, start you karmic engines.
posted @ 6:51 PM
October 10, 2002
tashi lhunpo monastery
As promised, here are more details about the visiting monks. Posts will be minimal here while work gets underway on this project. Apologies in advance.
posted @ 6:54 PM
October 9, 2002
don’t wanna be...
Do you think Jamie O’Neal’s All By Myself has ever been sung as a duet in karaoke?
posted @ 6:19 PM
October 2, 2002
another goal
I received an email yesterday about the Tashi Lhunpo Monks going on a North American Tour. In the email there was an invitation to help host the monks in your town. I am going to try and make this happen. They will be in Montana between February 15th and March 15th (I’m assuming these are just rough dates that would work best for them, not actual time spent in the area). This works out perfectly because I have been thinking about contacting the Drepung Loseling monks about doing a return visit to our town. Rest assured, more details will follow.
posted @ 7:19 PM