Today was the first day of the Kalachakra 2006 Blessing. The Dalai Lama consecrated the 85-feet tall Buddha statue in the middle of Hussainsagar Lake that connects Hyderabad with its twin city Secunderabad. A Little Background The state was a center of Buddhist learning about 2,500 years ago. Andhra Pradesh is a symbol of the true spirit of…
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January Meditation
Kalachakra Teaching 2006 Introduction to Kalachakra “May I be inspired to accomplish the meditations Of the supreme Yoga’s of the profound tantric path Of Kalachakra, the king of tantric traditions, And thus purify and dissolve all physical materiality, Giving rise to the dance of the empty body In union with the great unchangings bliss That in turn…
Close Encounters of the Clinton Kind
I’m not a celebrity hack. If I see them in the streets of New York City, I usually go about my business as they do theirs. I have seen quite a few over the years and I tend to get in “New Yorker” mode, which is to say, I pretend like I don’t know who…
Love Makes You Crazy
Just to keep y’all entertained…and thanks to the AP: Woman swallows cell phone to end fight Lovers’ spat ends with woman choking on disputed device The Associated Press Updated: 4:16 a.m. ET Dec. 24, 2005 BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. – A lovers’ dispute over a cell phone ended suddenly when the woman swallowed the phone whole,…
Two by Two on Twenty-Two
One of my favorite bloggers, Abby, has posted an interesting meme; and even though she didn’t tag me, I thought I would tag myself and fill it in. Plus, I have a passion for the number two (its symmetry, mostly), so there. And really, I don’t have to justify it, it’s my blog and I’ll meme…
When Technology Is Really Cool
According to my daily morning fix of BBC News, a charity in the UK has developed software that converts voice calls to text on cell phones in real-time. How cool is that?!? Now, having worked with the deaf for a while, I believe this is definitely needed, but am not sure that there is such…
Protection
Just as soon as I commented to Stan that I don’t have that much spam to filter through, I received a total of 45 spam comments in less than an hour. I have now been forced to have anyone who wants to comment, register in order to post a comment. Cause I need even more…
I Heart Google
Every year…or at least in the past two, the geeks (I use the term quite affectionately since I am one) at Google have posted their year-end list of most popular searches. You can check the lists here. It’s particularly interesting how the searches have been categorized between years…of course, this takes into account the internal changes…
New Recipes, Sort Of
In the last week, as I’ve been mulling on what to write about (not that I’m lacking for ideas, but I have too many and haven’t committed to any), I’ve received a barrage of spam comments. I’m inclined to think that it’s from adding the blog’s address on many sites. So far, I’ve deleted approximately…
Dead Brain Cells
In this world of frivolous law suits, do you think I can sue my upstairs neighbors for having killed a few of my brain cells last night? Is there a lawyer who would be willing to back me up pro-bono? It all began at 2:00 am this morning when I abruptly awoke, wide-eyed from one…