January 2012
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The Man Who Inspired Jobs - NYTimes.com →
(via Instapaper)
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December 2011
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November 2011
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“If we have never been amazed by the very fact that we exist, we are squandering...”
– Will Durant, American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885-1981). Thank you, amiquote. (via crashinglybeautiful)
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How Grass and Trees Become Enlightened
During the Kamakura period, Shinkan studied Tendai six years and then studied Zen seven years; then he went to China and contemplated Zen for thirteen years more.
When he returned to Japan many desired to interview him and asked obscure questions. But when Shinkan received visitors, which was infrequently, he seldom answered their questions.
One day a fifty-year-old student of enlightenment...
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Nature's Beauty
A priest was in charge of the garden within a famous Zen temple. He had been given the job because he loved the flowers, shrubs, and trees. Next to the temple there was another, smaller temple where there lived a very old Zen master. One day, when the priest was expecting some special guests, he took extra care in tending to the garden. He pulled the weeds, trimmed the shrubs, combed the moss, and...
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Thats for the Recommended Tumblrs
I received a few answers to my question. Thought I would share them.
sharanam, whom I fully recommend you follow if you are interested in Buddhism, wrote the following (I’m reformatting and adding links):
Might like
Photos: measart, notquitehere, twodimensional, ladderandveil, capture-the-silence
Zen/Dharma: zencircles, koanpost, livinlite, 108zenbooks, oxtraces,...
A call for suggested tumblrs to follow
Somehow I ended up following a heck of a lot of crazy blogs on here. I see way too many cats on my dashboard. Not that I have anything against cats, mind, but I’d be perfectly happy seeing only one animated cat a week, if that.
Usually I mostly ignored my dashboard, to be honest, so it has never really mattered. I subscribed to a handful or two of my favorite tumblr blogs in my RSS reader...
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The Silent Temple
Shoichi was a one-eyed teacher of Zen, sparkling with enlightenment. He taught his disciples in Tofuku temple.
Day and night the whole temple stood in silence. There was no sound at all.
Even the reciting of sutras was abolished by the teacher. His pupils had nothing to do but meditate.
When the master passed away, an old neighbor heard the ringing of bells and the recitation of sutras. Then...
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“Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and...”
– Leo Tolstoy
(via thelittlephilosopher)
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NYPD are clearing Zuccotti Park right now →
wilwheaton:
The whole world is watching, NYPD.
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The Privatization of Copyright Lawmaking
For years big business and the congressmen they control have been trying to extend copyright indefinitely. Sonny Bono famously stated that if it were possible, he’d make copyright forever minus one day.
The public domain is guaranteed under the constitution, which is why Bono suggested the minus one day part. However, big business has pretty much gotten their way with extending copyright...