May I attain Buddhahood for the sake of all that lives

Introduction
In today's overly cynical global civilization, we have been witness to a rising tide of intolerance, fanaticism and social injustice. Religious-based groups have committed acts of terrorism against innocents while under the deluded notion that "God" commands violence. After the ( Read more... )

Rant 185
The Truth Which Destroys Our Self Deception

"Don't be deceived into thinking that knowing the elements of earth, water, wind and fire is sufficient. They are a matter for children."
-Buddhadasa

"I may prove this by saying once again that at this moment everyone sitting here has a mind that is by nature empty but not only do you not see it, ( Read more... )

Rant 183
The Myth We Call "History"

"At each point and in every aspect you refused to confront our ideas but chose instead to force your opinions, myths, and superstitions upon us. You have never chosen to know us. You have only come to confront us and to conquer us...This is our problem. It is the crisis of Western man. Whether we like it or not we ( Read more... )

On Black Magic

Much of the Neopagan community is woefully ignorant about magic and its terminology. I should point out the many in the occult or magical community also fall under this ignorance, but I haven't run into many occultists who necessarily have problems with "black ( Read more... )

Rant 181
Damned Things, Slots and You:
An Essay on Domesticated Primatology

"Lie down on the floor and keep calm."
-Diogenes of the Cynics (an ancient Greek front for the Justified Ancients of Mummu)

"Don't let anybody tell you it's pollution, brothers and sisters. It's Chemical Warfare. They'll kill us all to make a buck."
-Simon Moon (from RAW's " ( Read more... )

Rant 180
Religious Faith

"Fanaticism is not some strange perversion of belief. It is the logical conclusion of a pathology that has run its full course."

"Can't smoke it. Can't drink it. Can't eat it. What the fuck is the use of religion?"
-The White Mouse (from the Blue Light Sessions, 2005)

"While religious faith is the one species of human ( Read more... )

Rant 179
The Ship

"Even if you are on the right track, you'll be run over if you stay there."
-Princess Mandarava

"A society is formed not by taking exceptional people as a model, but by reducing exceptional people to the norm."
-Li Ssu (221 BCE)

"Buddhists are slippery people."
-Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

"Like in a dream, everything I experience ( Read more... )

Rant 178
Your Kind of Freedom?

"If the creator of the entire world and of every being, called God, be the Lord, why does he order such misfortune and not create happiness but only discord? If the creator of the entire world and of every being, called God, be the Lord, why do deceit, lies and ignorance prevail and he create such inequity and ( Read more... )

Rant 177
Reality

"The highest effort lies in abandoning attachment to works. The highest meditation lies in the mind without claims. The highest wisdom lies in not grasping anything as being what it appears to be."
-Atisha a.k.a. Jowo Jey

"C'est dans le moments durs qu'on connait les vrais amis."

"Firewood does not turn into ashes."
-Dogen

"When ( Read more... )

Rant 176
Outrage

"The failure to live comes from the fear of death or injury.
The failure to organize comes from the fear of chaos.
The failure to become liberated from suffering comes from the fear and misunderstanding of what one's own desires do."
-from "Walking With Eris"

"Fuck this spiritual crap! I want to know about shitting, pissing, and ( Read more... )