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Southern Backtones "Forever" Music Video
The "Forever" video by Southern Backtones has taken on a life of its own. It has won numerous awards and expanded the Indie Rocker's audience base in ways we never thought possible. We are pleased and grateful for the reception it has received and wanted to share it on current. The "Forever" video by Southern Backtones has taken on a life of its own. It has won numerous awards and expanded the Indie Rocker's a... more
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Buddhism - Emptiness
What is emptiness? What is non-self? Thich Nhat Hanh explains the meaning of this term in his classic dharma talk.
Dharma Talk Dhamma Mahayana Buddhism Zen The Heart Sutra What is emptiness? What is non-self? Thich Nhat Hanh explains the meaning of this term in his classic dharma talk. ... more -
Zen Priest Playing the Shakuhachi
Get your Zen here with a Zen Buddhist Priest known as a Komuso playing the Shakuhachi while the world drifts by in a hurried haze. The music is actually superimposed as the original music was difficult to pick out of the noise of the city.
Komuso were Zen Buddhist Priests who used to travel about playing the Shakuhachi (Japanese Flute) for meditation and alms. Komuso means "Priest of Nothingness."
I encountered this Komuso while I was in Nagoya. Komuso ceased to exist from the late 19th Century onwards.
The titles are bits of Zen sayings from samurai and Zen Masters. The subtitles tell the tale of the Komuso and their ultimate fate.
Get your Zen here with a Zen Buddhist Priest known as a Komuso playing the Shakuhachi while the world drifts by in a hurried haze. The... more -
Chance Encounter with a Komuso Zen Priest - A Vision from Japan's Past
While in the city of Nagoya, I happened upon a fellow dressed up as Zen Buddhist priest/monk from olden days playing the Shakuhachi - Japanese bamboo flute. I did some digging into the past of this strange apparition to discover where these Komuso, as they were known, had come from and what had happened to them. While in the city of Nagoya, I happened upon a fellow dressed up as Zen Buddhist priest/monk from olden days playing the Shakuhachi - ... more
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Daily Zen And The Art Of Cyber-Meditation
When most of us think "meditation", a room full of screaming traders is not the first image that comes to mind. Fluorescent lights, frantic phones, a bevy of television screens on every wall, even the most grounded of gurus would concede this environment something less than meditationally ideal. Of course, these are often precisely the times we could most use a dollop of transcendence. Enter: DailyZen.com. [For complete story, please visit the Daily Mantra link listed above.] When most of us think "meditation", a room full of screaming traders is not the first image that comes to mind. Fluorescent lights, fr... more
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A life in 5 minutes
Play the game first! Don't read the article! It'll spoil everything!
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Zen Cooking: How to Cook Your Life
The Zen of Cooking from the San Francisco Zen Center. I have a feeling my girlfriend will make me take her to see this.
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Top 3 Natural Highs
Enter into a state of higher consciousness with Don George of Lonely Planet. For his Bluelist, he shows us the top three places in the world for natural highs. Caution: Dont operate heavy machinery while watching this pod. Enter into a state of higher consciousness with Don George of Lonely Planet. For his Bluelist, he shows us the top three places in the... more
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South Park Zen: Alan Watts, Trey Parker, and Matt Stone
Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park infamy have recently (and quietly) been dishing out some ill animation slices that illustrate gems from the archives of Alan Watts. Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park infamy have recently (and quietly) been dishing out some ill animation slices that illustrate... more
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