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Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:59 pm
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Kingdom Collapse / Not-a-Fan Fiction
Replies: 7
Views: 71264

Re: The Kingdom Collapse / Not-a-Fan Fiction

The Interview Her phone rang, and she recognized the number. Samantha, the lawyer Adam Lobel had recommended she work with. She answered, “Hello, Samantha.” “Hi Andrea, just to let you know, Jeff Martens is on the phone with me here. He’s an associate here at the firm, helping me on this matter. Mi...
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Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:53 pm
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Faith vs. Knowledge
Replies: 1
Views: 17917

Re: Faith vs. Knowledge

In response to an r/ShambhalaBuddhism thread on Reddit, where Samten Lahri was pushing Thrangu Rinpoche's teachings on guru devotion, I posted this: Devotion to the teacher is not necessary to develop respect for the knowledge s/he transmits. Actual knowledge carries its own warrant of credibility, ...
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Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:40 pm
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: The Kingdom Collapse / Not-a-Fan Fiction
Replies: 7
Views: 71264

Re: The Kingdom Collapse / Not-a-Fan Fiction

GOOD DAY, SUNSHINE “I need to laugh, and when the sun is out, I’ve got something I can laugh about. I feel good, in a special way, I’m in love and it’s a sunny day. Good day, Sunshine!” -- Lennon – McCartney The mandala of her mind was ready. Cleansed by wisdom fire, wind and water, clean to the en...
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Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:19 pm
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Shambhala's Social Justice Deflection Gambit
Replies: 1
Views: 15981

Re: Shambhala's Social Justice Deflection Gambit

Three Flavors of Denial Currently, the Shambhala scions are playing a game that status-seekers always play when a power structure crumbles. In " Homage to Catalonia ," George Orwell describes how swiftly Anarcho-Communists became fascists when Spain fell to Franco under a hail of German bombs. It w...
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Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:41 am
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Buddhist Project Sunshine: A Pale Illumination Indeed
Replies: 7
Views: 37229

Re: Buddhist Project Sunshine: A Pale Illumination Indeed

...do we really want to join forces with someone who is honest and capable, or do we secretly want to go with someone who we know is dishonest so they will obstruct our enlightened wishes? Maybe we really don't want to have the good thing happen to us that we say we do, but actually we want bad thi...
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Sat Jun 22, 2019 12:54 pm
Forum: We're Not in Lhasa Anymore
Topic: Shambhala's Social Justice Deflection Gambit
Replies: 1
Views: 15981

Shambhala's Social Justice Deflection Gambit

Shambhala's Social Justice Deflection Gambit by Charles Carreon 6/22/19 Please Do Not Disturb the Looters There’s nothing more dangerous to a tyrant than frank accusations that stick. Baker Roshi got away with bedding a lot of women who came to Zen Center to do shikantaza, not hanky panky, but it w...
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Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:56 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: Embattled Sakyong Steps Down: Imaginary Press Release Two Years in the Future
Replies: 1
Views: 76175

Embattled Sakyong Steps Down: Imaginary Press Release Two Years in the Future

Embattled Sakyong Steps Down: Imaginary Press Release Two Years in the Future by Tara Carreon February, 2005 -- Born in Tibet, Again: The Exile of the Twelfth Trungpa Tulku. How Sakyong Mipham Usurped the Trungpa Throne, by Charles Carreon EMBATTLED SAKYONG STEPS DOWN. Increasingly the focus of swi...
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Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:54 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: Voidsuck This!: Charles Carreon’s Review of Riding The Torch by Norman Spinrad
Replies: 0
Views: 87503

Voidsuck This!: Charles Carreon’s Review of Riding The Torch by Norman Spinrad

Voidsuck This!: Charles Carreon’s Review of Riding The Torch by Norman Spinrad by Charles Carreon February, 2005 In this novelette, published some years back, the august chronicler of imaginary odysseys was hammering away on his piece of malleable mindstuff, refining the themes that became more ful...
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Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:40 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: Seven Minutes in Tibet: The Swift, Unfortunate Death of Douglas Seymour Mackiernan
Replies: 0
Views: 87938

Seven Minutes in Tibet: The Swift, Unfortunate Death of Douglas Seymour Mackiernan

Seven Minutes in Tibet: The Swift, Unfortunate Death of Douglas Seymour Mackiernan by Charles Carreon February, 2005 https://www.american-buddha.com/sevenminutetibet.1a.jpg Douglas Mackiernan (standing in the middle) against a snowy landscape not unlike that across which he attempted to flee the Co...
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Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:49 am
Forum: The Fire Still Burns
Topic: Righteous Livelihood: Building Wealth in Our Community, by Charles Carreon
Replies: 0
Views: 87218

Righteous Livelihood: Building Wealth in Our Community, by Charles Carreon

RIGHTEOUS LIVELIHOOD -- BUILDING WEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY by Charles Carreon June 1, 2006 Invisible Hand, 101 Adam Smith was one of the first economists, and those who feel that the government should stay out of labor relations, or at least refrain from supporting the goals of workers and restrict i...