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Contacting you
10 Jun 2010
Hey i just sent you an email entitled "Buddha Brats" from my personal account as opposed to the Microsoft option... hope you still receive it.
And by the way, thank you for such a greatly informative and entertaining site.
(Anri)
Hi
10 Jun 2010
Hi,
I'm glad you like the site!
I just got your email -- thank you very much. I've had only a minute to look at what you sent, but it looks intriguing. I'm going to a retreat at Aro Ling this weekend and another next week, and have to get a bunch of stuff done first, so unfortunately I probably won't have time to reply for some time -- but I certainly will read your draft carefully and will reply when I can.
Thanks,
David
Buddha Brats
10 Jun 2010
Absolutely no problem at all :)
Since time is an illusion anyway, don't change a thing ;)
be seeing you around then, enjoy.
Anri
Waking up with vampires?
17 Jul 2011
'Buddhism for Vampires began as a joke, over on my Approaching Aro site. I was writing about the hijacking of Buddhism by New Age space cadets, psychotherapists, politically-correct self-righteous bigots, and “nice” people who fear the real world and want to play make-believe instead.'
Posting this on the wrong page, but never mind that, wanted to say that the above is very, very good. I abandoned organised Buddhism thirteen years back due to being thoroughly annoyed by all 'the nice but dim' folk who had no clue as to what was going on with this Buddhism business. Playing make believe really was the way of Buddhist things back then, or at least the realms I found myself: no thell exactly, perhaps a weird sort of cotton wool god realm? I found a personal teacher last year and am back on track. Love to see there are intelligent folks out there asking important questions in the Buddhist sphere. Keep up the good work. I shall follow your writings, and thanks. Would love to see more work ont he history of non-monastic Buddhism.
Cotton-wool god realm
17 Jul 2011
Yes, I'm afraid that's an insightful description of much of current Western Buddhism!
On the history of non-monastic Buddhism: have you seen Ngakpa Update? I co-write it. We've both been too busy to update it recently, but we've posted some summaries of the history, plus reviews of current academic research. Coauthor Ögyen Dorje is planning a long article on Antonio Terrone's work, which is really exciting.
Glad you've found a teacher—that makes all the difference!
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