from hardcore zen today

Great is the matter of Birth and death; 
Life slips quickly by; 
To waste time is a great shame;
Time waits for no one; 

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So there was this punk rock guy from cleveland who went to japan to make monster movies became a zen monk and writes about it. I first read Hardcore Zen and thought enough of it that I ordered Zen, wrapped in Karma dipped in Chocolate. His blog is http://hardcorezen.blogspot.com/

Frome there you jump to his interviews of DEVO and Nina Hartley (talking zen with a porn star-yea) on the Suicide girls website, or if you want you can click here for his list on Zen books wot dot suck.

If you are facing in the right direction, all you have to do is keep on walking."--Buddhist proverb

Is this not an elegant thought? Are you/i/us facing in the right direction? If so does it matter that its a long way to go? Of course not; all there is is to first face the right direction then to walk. Nothing to avoid but turning back.

http://thenewheretics.wordpress.com/author/thenewheretics/ Found a new buddhablog if your so inclined.

I hope this link works now.

This years gourd self portrait.

"If you only had an hour to live and could make just one phone call, who would it be to, what would you say.... and why are you waiting?"
-- Stephan Levine, Buddhist author, activist and thinker