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Living high, living deep: Jakucho Setouchi — a most unlikely nu…
American Buddhist Net | October 5th 2008
It was pouring down with rain, but in early September thousands of people thronged inside and outside a temple in Joboji, in Japan's northeasterly Iwate Prefecture, to listen to a sermon by Jakucho Setouchi. As a Buddhist nun, and one of the most pop read more
Was Dr. Usui Christian?
Reiki - What It All Be Like | July 16th 2008 by Reiki Master
One of the stories told by Hawayo Takata and propagated by her students was that Dr. Usui was educated by Christian missionaries and that he actually converted to Christianity himself. I’d like to take a closer look at these claims here. The st read more
Reiki Samurai
Reiki - What It All Be Like | June 28th 2008 by Reiki Master
The muse struck sooner than I expected… cool! Out of the possible titles for this post (Reiki & Bushido or Reiki & The Art of War or Reiki Samurai or Reiki Ninja) Reiki Samurai is the victor because it seems to encompass the essence of read more
Dick's Hugo-award winner
What's Mierek Reading? | June 13th 2008
The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. DickG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962Juliana said, "I wonder why the oracle would write a novel. Did you ever think of asking it that? And why one about the Germans and the Japanese losing the war? Why that particular stor read more
Living, loving poetically
What's Mierek Reading? | April 25th 2008
Blackberries in the Dream HouseDiane Frank1st World Library, 2003One of the contributors to my ever-growing "to read" list (ok... pile; ok, ok... piles) is author/astrologer/rock star/pronoiac Rob Brezsny. Every Wednesday, he sends out an e-mail wit read more
Great introduction to Jodo Shinshu Buddhism
What's Mierek Reading? | December 21st 2007
Buddha of Infinite LightDaisetz T. SuzukiShambhala Publications, 1998Ever since the first Englishman translated the final words of the Buddha as "work out your own salvations with diligence," the English-speaking West has associated Buddhism almost e read more
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