Posts under ‘Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics’
道德經 The Tao de Ching explains the United States
61 When a country obtains great power, it becomes like the sea: all streams run downward into it. The more powerful it grows, the greater the need for humility. Humility means trusting the Tao, thus never needing to be defensive. A great nation is like a great man: When he makes a mistake, he realizes [...]
Darryl Jefferson speaks on being homeless in Sacramento
One morning, as my wife’s Buddhist group was engaged in its weekly food distribution to the houseless residents of north Sacramento, I decided to interview a few of those who were willing to talk. I didn’t have much luck until Darryl Jefferson rode by on a bike and asked him if he’d considered telling a little about his [...]
Immunities don’t exist, and of course the government always does a better job at protection
Repeatedly, police and their apologists insist that police are held accountable regularly, and in fact are held to a “higher” standard than ordinary people. This simply isn’t the case, according to the law (and don’t police and their supporters care about the law?) Below are several provisions of the California Government Code, which are relevant [...]
Kids’ Taekwondo match offers solution to world peace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZICjJF-1XUc
George Harrison – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Concert For Banglesdesh, Madison Square Garden, 1971
Occupy the World, spank the bankers! KPFA Radio
Jailed Occupy Sacramento protestor, Kevin Carter, issues a challenge to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson! OCCUPYSACRAMENTO_SHAWNHAMILTON_KPFA_22OCTOBER2011 (Audio): Kpfa 94.1 fm san francisco (4 minutes, 20 seconds into broadcast) (Script): Anchor’s Into: THE SACRAMENTO VERSION OF THE OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT TODAY PROTESTED IN FRONT OF DOWNTOWN BANKS, INCLUDING BANK OF AMERICA AND WELLS FARGO. THE OCCUPY WALLSTREET MOVEMENT [...]
Navajo Bumper Sticker on Homeland Security
I found this bumper sticker on the Navajo Reservation after leaving Oraibi on the Hopi mesas heading west towards the Grand Canyon. As you may know, the US government thought it would be good “containment” policy to surround Hopiland with a rival tribe. Good thinking Uncle Spam! Anyway, we found this in a curio shop in [...]
Kalama Sutra: Buddha’s Charter of Free Inquiry
Kalama Sutta The people of Kalama asked the Buddha who to believe out of all the ascetics, sages, venerables, and holy ones who, like himself, passed through their town. They complained that they were confused by the many contradictions they discovered in what they heard. The Kalama Sutta is the Buddha’s reply. – Do not [...]
Country Joe and the Fish at Woodstock: “Fixin’ to Die Rag”
“Fixin’ to Die Rag” is one of the best anti-war songs of the period. It’s sad, but we seem to have forgotten all the lessons of the Viet Nam War, and we’re right back where we started–doing it again in Iraq and Afghanistan and Libya and places we don’t even know about because the “national security state” [...]