It’s been a bit quiet on the blog. Yes, I missed you. The day to day has been catching up with me. Over the holidays I was struck with a nasty cold which required antibiotics and lots of rest. Winter has really gripped me and I’ve been feeling it both physically and mentally. I feel [...]

I received word that time is ticking down for this important Kickstarter project which is an indie feature length documentary on E. Gene Smith   E. Gene Smith was the unlikely leader in the effort to rescue, preserve and share the riches of a 1,500-year-old seemingly lost Tibetan literary culture.  Smith’s mission crossed geographical, political [...]

Something tells me that meditators may have an advantage in this contest. Hopefuls must send in a picture of themselves watching paint dry and state the longest time they’ve managed to stare at a wall of drying paint without looking away. We also want to know your favourite paint colour and why. Entrants don’t need [...]

This cool piece of work is by Sacramento-based Graphic Designer David Angstead and was created initially for a talk Brad Warner gave in Summer 2011. Stickers, hoodies and tshirs with this smiling Daruma-Simmons can be purchased here  

I’ve been blessed with a gene that allows me to be quite diplomatic and able to see all points of an argument without feeling the need to shout over anyone to get my point across, be mean or cut someone down just to make a point. Dont’ get me wrong. I’ve worked for some time [...]

With aspirations for some quiet monkey minds in 2012

Via Sumeru Press comes this request for information to help them update their directory of Canadian Buddhist organizations for www.canadianbuddhism.info More than 15,000 people a year turn to their website and its sister news site, www.sumeru-books.com, for information about where to practice and learn about Buddhism in Canada and they  want to make sure that [...]

Here’s a little bit of self promotion for the company that I work for who recently posted an interview that our Office Manager, Colin MacKenzie did with Buddhist jazz drummer Jerry Granelli relating to his participation in the recording of the soudtrack for “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. Whether you’re down with Christmas or not, it’s [...]

While some are commenting that this would make for a pretty decent TV show, it is indeed a trailer for Lodo Rinzler’s new book “The Buddha Walks Into a Bar”

I’m really looking forward to reading it.

I came across something today which seemed to scare me. I was looking through some comments on the concept of sangha and different people’s interpretations of it and one stood out for me in that for this person, the sangha represented a group of people who had exactly the same vision and it got me [...]

Tell me you don’t do this too…

One gamer has decided to play the video game Skyrim as “Felix- the peaceful monk”. Zero kills!
Check out this video to hear his calm, recount of his gameplay techniques.

Hat tip to Stevey for sending this video my way.

Dear Readers; Since it’s Sunday, it’s time for Sunday School again, with this timely article from Live Science! ———————————————– By Adam Hadhazy, LiveScience Contributor This December is chock full of “holy days,” or holidays. On Dec. 25, Christians commemorate Christmas. For Jews, Hanukkah starts this year on Dec. 20 in the Western and international Gregorian [...]

Shot at Occupy Vancouver, this short film is an attempt to stop pretending. From species extinction, climate change, community breakdown, economic instability – we are facing the most challenging era of human history. We cannot solve these proble…

Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. -Mister Rogers, taken from Teacher Tom’s blog.I"ve…

I speak from the gut sometimes in a manner not befitting a lady. I think I get this from my father who could cuss with the best of them and I likely come from a long line of Irish cussers groomed for shouting down barfolk and hassling cattle. see more ICHC After DarkTo To the [...]

Coming soon from Open Heart Films,  “Never Give Up” – A film about The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, the Kagyu Monlam prayer festival and three women inspired by the Karmapa to engage in social action while staying in Bodhgaya. The film features interviews with many prominent teachers including Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Here’s a clip [...]

“LIVING IN EXILE: NEW STORIES FROM THE TIBETAN EXPERIENCE The International Center for Mental Health and Human Rights (ICMHHR), in partnership with Kestrel Filmworks, is producing an episodic, documentary web series titled, “Living in Exile,” to be released in the spring of 2012. The series will consist of 30 short films, each intended to introduce [...]

By way of the Canada Tibet Committee comes this music video for “I Won’t Fall Down” by Montreal-based band Sunrise and Good People.

I remember a running joke I had with an ex-boyfriend was that I was going to throw out his ratty, stinky Skull Skates sweatshirt (emphasis on sweat, less emphasis on shirt). The thing looked like it was torn apart by rabid racoons on LSD and one night I grabbed it and ran out to the [...]