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Title: Gleanings in Buddha-Fields – Buddhism, Japanese culture and History all in one!

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SPOCK: On my planet, to rest is to rest — to cease using energy. To me, it is quite illogical to run up and down on green grass, using energy, instead of saving it.

Star Trek, “Shore Leave”, stardate 3025.2

Unlike my 2024 post, I intend to really take time off this time.

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A sample “Bodhi Day” shrine we setup in years past…

Buddhist holidays are few and far between, especially in overseas (non-Buddhist cultures), but since we raise our kids both through Japanese and American culture, I try to give them a unique, memorable tradition for t...

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The Hellenistic Age in history is the period after Alexander the Great died in 323 BCE, when his soldiers scrambled for power over the vast conquered empi...

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From the classic Star Trek episode, “Specter of the Gun” (s3:ep6), stardate 4385.3

Speaking of missed opportunities and the many rebirths of Buddhism, there’s another side to this discussion.

The Buddha really emphasized the importance of the ...

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I stared for half a day once at an old man sitting on a bench in Arrakeen. He was a fifth-generation descendant of Stilgar the Naib and did not even know it. I studied the angle of his neck, the skin flaps below his chin, the cracked lips and moistness about his nostrils, the pores behind his ears, the wisps of gray hair whi...

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