Frank Sinatra on Rock and Roll

Frank Sinatra had this to say about rock and roll music, as published in the Los Angeles Mirror News in 1957. “My only deep sorrow is the unrelenting

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The Buddhist Calendar

One of my students asked me today if I, as a Buddhist, had celebrated the January 1st New Year, or if I had something else I was going

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Homeless in Portland

Check this out. Will isn’t young, he isn’t hip, and he doesn’t give a fuck about Glee. He’s not interpreting and parsing Steve Jobs’ every episode of flatulence.

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Great Waves – A Zen Story

In the early days of the Meiji era there lived a well-known wrestler called O-nami, Great Waves. O-nami was immensely strong and knew the art of wrestling. In

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