American Buddha Bulletin Board

Representative Democracy We grew up in this country thinking that we live in a representative democracy. As we all know, this is a bit of an exaggeration. It's safer to say that we live in an administrative state in which we hold elections, and our alleged representatives attempt to maneuver the ad...

Gyatrul Rinpoche once asked a group of us in Ashland whether we thought that mind could act without body. One of us, who inclined to belief that "mind" could assert control "over matter," ventured that he thought mind could act without body. Rinpoche played with the student a moment before making i...

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There's a good thread out there with this title: An Apology to Survivors of Shambhala Sexual Misconduct A whole lot of people in Shambhala seem to be taking the sex abuse scandal seriously. This is encouraging. But a little squishy. The Shambhalians are gifted with the ability to speak very earnest...

A little farther down the Reddit Ask Me Anything page, I see how Matthew came to be in Shante Smalls' sights. He said THIS, ABSOLUTELY SPOT-ON AND COMPLETELY UNFORGIVEABLE THING: One alarming thing that’s coming out of the Shambhala crisis communications right now is a kind of “wokewashing”, where ...

As you know, Shambhala is now in a "time of groundlessness" . Accordingly, cranking out comforting blather like a crisis-control webpage entitled, Resources for Helping our Sangha to Understand Current Events in Shambhala is the organization's only real job these days. So, if you search that page t...

Ambu Baba and the Forty Thieves by Charles Carreon (To the Tune of "Rhymin' and Stealin'" by The Beastie Boys) Well, drivin' Buddhists crazy's what she's all about, Talkin' so straight that they have to shout, No sweet muffin with a daisy in her belly, She's never once been called Cin-der-elly. Lib...

Run Run Ambu Run by Charles Carreon Well everybody's heard That Ambu's bad, 'Cause she dumped a cup of coffee In DoubleFish's lap, and she told Namdrol He's full of crap, Run run, Ambu Run, Run, run, And we'll have some fun Ridin' motorscooters in the summer sun Well they give her lots a shit Cause...

On Buddhist Boards by Charles Carreon (Sing to a mambo beat, with marimba accompaniment) On Buddhist Boards so happy-o No nasty words no nasty-o I've got a lot of Dharma to say Will have to save it for a nother day Oh Buddhist Boards so nasty no We never have dissension-o All people happy, all day ...

THE JOY OF NOTHING: WHAT IT IS, WHY YOU NEED IT, AND HOW TO GET IT by Charles Carreon 8/25/14 The Joy of Nothing is defined as the Nothing that gives Joy. Such a Nothing cannot be conceived as a mere absence of content that you could preserve by keeping things out, like never carrying cash, so you ...