"Barbara O’Brien’s wide-ranging account of Zen history is conveyed with a master storyteller’s ability to keep the forest from getting lost in a myriad of trees. Wearing her scholarship lightly, she blends just the right amount of skepticism about her hagiographic sources with a deep appreciation for the Dharma." — Barry Magid, author of
Nothing Is Hidden and
Ending the Pursuit of Happiness Order here!
Here’s a tribute to the Irish that’s a little more lively.. Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8EXDtoGfrs
OT – And I don’t have the time to write it up – neither does Barbara, I know, but there’s a good blog story in similarities between the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the historical annexation of Texas by the US. It would cause some wingnut heads to explode as the unvarnished truth about Texas is не краÑиво.
There’s a similarity to the Sudeten crisis also.. I’m waiting for John Kerry to return from negotiations with Putin saying… “There’ll be peace in our time”