May 2011
25 posts
Ryōkan: Zen Master
One evening a thief visited Ryōkan’s hut at the base of the mountain only to discover there was nothing to steal. Ryōkan returned and caught him. “You have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift.” The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away. Ryōkan sat naked,...
“There’s only one rule I know of: goddamn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via jamielofidelity)
“Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling...”
– Alan Watts (via dharmabum91)
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So what's Blackwater security up to these days?...
iheartchaos:
Shortly after the US invaded Iraq in 2003, the world learned about Blackwater security, a private military security company that acted as soldiers for hire. The company came under a good deal of legal scrutiny in assessing its role in combat— what rules it operated under and who was responsible for their oversight— and a year later, the NC-based company renamed itself “Xe” and...
