I spent this weekend Obon hopping, and it wasn’t until tonight when I popped open my email client that I read that Michelle Maykin had passed away. You probably haven’t heard of Michelle. You probably haven’t heard of her husband Van, who started Project Michelle, an outreach program to find the one bone marrow donor [...]
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Michelle Maykin
Posted in Journal, tagged acute myeloid leukemia, Be the Match, cancer, Michelle Maykin, Project Michelle on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Exegesis of a White-privileged Notion
Posted in Angry Asian Buddhist, Language, tagged Asia Nation, Asian American, racism, White Buddhist, white privilege on July 24, 2009 | 12 Comments »
I’m going to take the amateur linguist in me for a spin. C.N. Le’s blog post on Asian Nation last Thursday was perceived as ridiculously offensive, even racist, by a number of White bloggers. I walked away from this post with different conclusions, perceiving no racist finger pointing, and instead a strong affirmation of the [...]
What is karma? It’s simple.
Posted in Language, Sutra, tagged communication, karma, Language, lay buddhist, monk, point of view perspective on July 21, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I recently posted an article about “karma” that I found on the Examiner that I thought was very well written. As with any concept in Buddhism, describing what “karma” is the length of an article can be very tricky and difficult to do in a comprehensive yet easy-to-understand manner. I thought the author of this [...]
A White Buddhist and Privilege
Posted in Angry Asian Buddhist, Community, tagged American Buddhism, Buddhadharma, minority, people of color, privilege, White Buddhist on July 21, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I’m writing today’s post as a white male American Buddhist. I shouldn’t introduce myself as a privileged white Buddhist, though. Not because it’s unfair—but simply because it’s redundant.
To be clear, my privilege didn’t come as some sort of elite pedigree. My family lived in the urban projects, neither of my parents held a college degree, [...]
Degrees of freedom
Posted in Philosophy, tagged Buddhism, evolution, freedom, Philosophy on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just read Dan Dennett’s Freedom Evolves, and am very convinced of his naturalistic take on evolution, the freedom it gives life, and how that freedom eventually became the most important kind of freedom, the kind that humans deal with. And deal with we do.
Bugs in my rice!
Posted in Journal, tagged karma, rice bugs, rice weevil, sawtoothed grain beetle on July 11, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Last night I was making rice and as soon as I poured water into the pot, I noticed some tiny dark beetles float to the top. This phenomenon isn’t at all surprising, but I felt bad. Because I now knew that I was going to wash these suckers out and flush them down the drain. [...]
Happy Independence Day
Posted in Community, Holidays, tagged Hsing Yun, July 4, military, prayer on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Twelve years ago today I found myself out by Dún Laoghaire harbor, and looked out to see the USS John F Kennedy. That was the most “American” July 4 for me, if only because that massive symbol of America in a foreign harbor reminded me of all my family that had served in the forces [...]
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