American Buddha Bulletin Board

THE SUTRA OF THE LEAVES by Baksheesh the Madman http://www.rapeutation.com/AZmandelbrotpix73_small.gif Thus have I heard. One summer afternoon in a place near Rajgir, when the heat of the day was intense, while walking in an area of sandy dunes with Ananda, the World-Honoured One remarked, "Ananda,...

THE RADIAN OF OUR BEING by Charles Carreon August, 2007 http://www.rapeutation.com/AZmandelbrotpix71_small.gif http://www.rapeutation.com/avestibularradian_small.gif http://www.rapeutation.com/AZmandelbrotpix72_small.gif The earth, being a large sphere, is shot through from its center to its surfac...

THE PROMISED GOD MAN IS WEIRD by Charles Carreon [Introduction: This essay was originally written in 2003, and posted on the American-Buddha.com website. The epilogue was written today, June 13, 2009.] Just the other day, for the first time, I found myself interested in Franklin Jones. I found this...

THE MISUSE OF WESTERN TERMS BY EASTERN MYSTICS by Charles Carreon This essay is a brief critique of an article entitled "Conserving the Inner Ecology," drawn from a talk by a "Thai forest monk," named Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. At first read, Buddhadasa's article appears unobjectionable. It seems to offer...

THE MATERIALIST MANIFESTO by Charles Carreon http://www.rapeutation.com/materialmanifest1xx_small.jpg The Materialist Manifesto, Part 1: The word "manifesto," according to Merriam-Webster.com, has been in current use since 1647, and means "a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, moti...

THE DALAI LAMAS, PRISONERS OF THE POTALA JUNTA by Charles Carreon http://www.rapeutation.com/DalaiLamasPrisonerspotala.c_small.gif Everybody knows the Dalai Lama. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for a new sort of reason. Most people get it because they caused peace to break out in some region of the w...

THANKS FROM A GRATEFUL NATION: AWARDING THE CROSS OF SECRET ACHIEVEMENT TO THE DALAI LAMA by Charles Carreon http://www.rapeutation.com/adalaiciawarmedal3_small_small.jpg The 14th Dalai Lama has been a friend to American interests for his entire adult life, since he abdicated his throne in order to...

TANTRA-INDUCED DELUSIONAL SYNDROME ("TIDS") by Charles Carreon TIDS: Tantra-Induced Delusional Syndrome Abstract Taking clinical note of the increased manifestation of acute and chronic delusional ideation among practicioners of tantra, a new entry for DSM-V is proposed: Tantra-Induced Delusional S...

STEVEN SEAGAL COMES OUT OF THE BUDDHIST CLOSET by Charles Carreon December, 2003 In 2002 Shambhala Sun, the shameful house organ of the Vajradhatu mafia, published a pathetic softball interview of phony tulku Steven Seagal. The interviewer in "Steven Seagal Speaks" feeds Seagal one easy question af...

ON HELL AND ITS HABITUES by Charles Carreon Hell is a popular feature of religions that we are familiar with. Check this literally hair-raising evocation ripped from today's fervent evangelical webpages: Christian Evangelical wrote: What you're about to read is hard to believe. . . We're going to e...