May 2009
April 2009
Broken Koans and other Zen debris →
dailymeh:
I know almost nothing about Buddhism, but I found this “broken koan” poignant: a student is complaining that other students, through various means, gain enlightenment, but he has been doing these things for two years, and things don’t make any more sense to him. The teacher replies:
Well you see, for most people, and especially for most educated people like you and I, what we perceive...
Spies Like Us
Dr. Imhaus: Doctor.
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Emmett Fitz-Hume: Doctor.
Dr. Marston: Doctor.
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Karen Boyer: Doctor.
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Karen Boyer: Doctor.
Emmett Fitz-Hume: Doctor!
Jerry Hadley: Doctor.
Austin Millbarge: Doctor.
Jerry Hadley: Doctor.
Emmett Fitz-Hume: Aaaand Doctor.
Austin Millbarge: Did we miss anyone?
The Noble Eightfold Path →
sophiniesom:
The Noble Eightfold Path describes the way to the end of suffering, as it was laid out by Siddhartha Gautama. It is a practical guideline to ethical and mental development with the goal of freeing the individual from attachments and delusions; and it finally leads to understanding the truth about all things. Together with the Four Noble Truths it constitutes the gist of Buddhism....
I SERIOUSLY NEED ALL OF YOU TUMBLRS TO HELP....
rjdlc:
ohcrapshitcrap:
Hi everyone, I’m not a big, important tumblr-I only have 55 followers-but I need the tumblrverse’s help. Hopefully you’re all familiar with the story of “Flat Stanley”. If you aren’t, it’s basically a little guy who is sent around the world via the mail. I was hoping to accomplish something along the lines of this by sending a stuffed penguin and a guest book to one...
Marcus Aurelius Quotes (Marcus Aurelius... →
(via elpasajero)
Thoughts at dawn
…It’s cold the sun is behind the clouds my hands and feet feel the chill the sun peeks out and warms me a little I cannot believe that it got so cold, so quickly I got caught by surprise The wind……… The wind rips through me…………it’s so cold
-AE
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NIN: The Making of the “Closer” Video (via Fette)
28 minute behind-the-scenes with commentary by director Mark Romanek.
‘Closer’ was a great example of Picasso’s (alleged) dictum that “good artists borrow, great artists steal”, since almost every visual in it was lifted from other artists, including Joel-Peter Witkin, Man Ray, The...
