Tag: Monk

I am kind of a nerd, so I always prefer to stay at the office. In the evening, after the daily chores, our staff members like to exercise and often try to get me involved. However, I am reluctant to move my lazy body. One day, our safety officer, a retiree from Air Force, asked me to join them fo...

It is often said that Japanese people are born Shinto and die Buddhists. As a matter of fact, most Japanese people are not observant of one religion specifically, but will make an occasional visit to the local shrine or temple, or take part in celebrations of Japan’s two main religions indepen...

When I took out a smartphone at a baseball game in 2002, I was the only one in the whole stadium. I looked weird as hell to my friends, chatting to someone in the UK over GPRS. Now everyone has a smartphone. Any stadium can instantly turn into a festival of flashes. We forget how weird thi...

In my early days of study in the 1970s, when I was in my early 20s, I was a monk. Back then I was taught to integrate tools for expanding my physical abilities as well as my critical thinking, emotional clarity, spiritual wisdom, and healing skills. These teachings were offered to me by my teache...

Iam monk! Of course, what that means will depend on who you are speaking to. If pressed for a specific answer I will offer a somewhat confusing answer to the person asking the question. If it is a somewhat simple conversation I will say that I am a simple person, with few material wants, with a d...

These ten rules describe how an enlightened person would live. I fail at all ten. But these are not rules you follow — they are guidelines for living. They are for holding in your heart and mind like your father and mother’s advice. God knows we all need some moral and ethical g...

Tenzen was my friend. He was a Zen Master monk. He is no longer among the living. We had several conversations. This was one of those moments. Me: Have you ever experienced real love Tenzen? Tenzen: Yes Me: I wish I could say that. Tenzen: Think back. Website

This is a story when the greatest warrior in history was humbled by an unclad Indian ascetic. The story of the undefeated warrior, the son of Zeus, who had commanded the greatest empire in recorded history, met more than his match in the forests of Taxila. This beautiful piece of history, Al...

Grigori Rasputin, often referred to as “The Mad Monk,” was a mysterious and controversial figure whose influence played a significant role in the downfall of the Romanov dynasty, the ruling family of Russia. Born in a small Siberian village in 1869, Rasputin gained a reputation as a w...