Podcast Episode 15: Koans & Precepts & Mandalas & More
Podcast 15 Now Online
Welcome back! I’m Brian your host and welcome to episode 15 of the Daily Buddhism. As always, past episodes and show notes are available at http://www.dailybuddhism.com. Be sure to sign up for the daily email list while you’re there, because not everything always makes it to the podcast.
As always, if you have any comments or questions you’d like to email, I am at dailybuddhism@gmail.com If you would like to comment on any of the topics from this week, you are welcome to post your thoughts and opinions on the website itself. As always, its free and no registration is required.
OK, so now on with the show! We’ve got an interesting variety of short topics again this week, so let’s roll!
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Links mentioned this week
Announcements
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/103
Koan: Obedience
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/101
Gudo Revisited
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/100
Original Gudo Story
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/87
Mandalas, including photos of mandalas
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/102
The Other Precepts
http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/99
The Tao Remastered
http://www.taooftheday.com/tao-remastered
Arcane Tales:
http://www.arcanetales.com
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July 29th, 2008 at 8:58 am
This is a bit off topic for this weeks podcast and its going back quiet a ways. I just started listening around the time that episode 14 came out so I had to catch up late. Anyway, previously you mentioned that as Buddhist we are suppose to be passafists. I’ve recently attempted to start practicing Buddhism more seriously in my day to day life and I’ve found myself with a problem. I’ve signed up to join our great nations Armed Services and I actually leave the 3rd of August. Sadly I probably wont be able to get a reply from you before I leave. How should I do this, I am suppose to be a passafist but I also have a very deep sense of patriotism and have no regrets for choosing to join the military. How should I approach being more serious about Buddhism while in this conflict?
Oh, and sorry for the rediculously long post…
July 29th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I recently had the same conversation with someone else on the forum.
http://www.arcanethings.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=471
You should read through the various comments there.
It *IS* a real dilemma, but people in your situation work through it all the time. I found this website, which might be of help:
http://buddhistmilitarysangha.blogspot.com/
Good luck, and thanks for serving!