This is a warm lingering fragrance that conveys a mysterious, unique quality that is not unlike the Oriental philosophy that inspired it. It is quiet, yet sensual, exotic and modern, tempting and sexy yet innocent. It is a blend of jasmine, rose, burnished woods and soft mosses.
Yes, just like the "Oriental" philosophy that inspired it.
It's priceless, isn't it?
...Actually, we take that back; it most definitely has a price: a 2.7-ounce bottle retails for $75 US.
For that kinda scratch, it had better "linger."
(Thanks to Banumz for the tip.)
Thanks to Horse-friend and Dharma-brother Josh Bartok, who just sent this:
A fascinating new graticon [kind of like an emoticon, expressing gratitude in a Buddhist sort of way]:
m(_ _)m
it's described on urbandictionary.com thusly:
"Basically, it's a person bowing! The two M's are the hands of the
person, the _'s are the person's eyes, and the ()'s are the sides of the person's head."
Kinda cool. (In as much as any emoticon can be cool.)
Josh was also the one who turned us on to this graticon, the simple:
()
[Parentheses, cupped and facing each other, to simplize hands in gassho.]
Thanks as always, Josh.
Just watched it.
A real mixed bag. All in all, pretty OK, but they played fast and loose with some facts about Buddhism and the re-creations were sometimes just flat-out embarrassing to watch.
The "60's" footage that accompanied the part about Timothy Leary's translation of the Book of the Dead, "The Psychedelic Experience" -- one of the great Dharma-Burgers of all time! -- was especially, even pricelessly, hoky.
Still, some really cool teachers and scholars were part of it, including Alan Wallace, Arjia Rinpoche, Robert Thurman, and more.
Click here for info on the next viewing.
But you can also rent a great DVD of the same name (you can find it on Netflix), narrated by Leonard Cohen. Douglas J. Penick was a consultant on it, having written the narration. Good stuff.
"Jim Carrey calls for people to support the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi. He also decries Burma's military regime for recruiting more child soldiers than any other country in the world, destroying 3,000 villages in eastern Burma, and forcing 1.5 million refugees to flee. He appeals to viewers to join two organizations:
The Human Rights Action Center
www.humanrightsactioncenter.org
U.S. Campaign for Burma
www.uscampaignforburma.org
Hey there,
Just got turned on to you guys by my girlfriend Arielle. We love you guys! Feels good to know I'm not the only crazy-ass death metal Buddhist out there.
So, Ari and I were at the bar (Sully's in Hartford, CT) the other night -- I'm a rock critic -- and we had a good laugh at the Tibetan prayer flags HANGING OVER THE LIQUOR SHELVES. Like, "I dedicate the merits of this alcohol to getting wasted in the most aware manner possible." She thought of you guys, so I whipped out the camera and took a picture.
Then I get home, and lo and behold, there's a SECOND DHARMA BURGER in the picture -- brought to you, no less, by the very publication for which I write, The Hartford Advocate. Look for the "Bartender Buddha" column near the cash register.
Thanks -- hope you get a kick out of it.
You know we did, Dan. Thanks!
But if someone gets a tattoo of you (or your work), then maybe so.
So the Horse was rather pleased to see this photo of a tattoo of a piece by Dolla -- one of his "Dolla Lama" images.
Sweet. In a way, we wish we'd thought of it first.
By the way: if you haven't, be sure to check out our Dolla interview, here. Dolla rules.
In the same spirit as the Buddha mousepad and rug submitted recently, here is a Buddha coaster, made by Thirstystone Inc., a Texas-based company that
produces high-end (read: expensive) sandstone coasters decorated with team logos, nature pictures, and just about any other imaginable design motif.
I found these in a cheesy “spiritual” shop back in my hometown (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Though the store specializes in mostly Pagan paraphernalia, angels,
faeries, and tacky resin sculptures of Celtic crosses, it also carries a decent selection of attractive, well-made Buddhist statuary, Japanese incense, and serious altar supplies. I found the coasters propped up against
the base of a Kwan Yin statue, surrounded by several other perfectly orthodox images. Apparently the shop owners felt the idea of using the Buddha’s image to keep moisture rings at bay would be appealing to the same people who purchase traditional statues and practice materials.
Maybe it is. Who am I to say?
Well, at least you're asking all the right questions, Jaime. Thanks again!
Greetings from Ireland to all of friends of the Horse.
I'm currently in Ireland on holiday. I wish I could regale you with fascinating tales of uncovered Dharma treasures here on the Emerald Isle, but, they are in fact very few and far between.
There's been a little, but not much to tell you about right now. Hopefully that will change by the time I return...
Until then, thanks to all of you who keep checking the site and submitting Dharma-Burgers and such. It's so gratifying to get emails from you all, even while I'm across the pond.
Those new Burgers, and more, will be posted after I return. (But probably not much until -- even the internet cafes here, which claim to have broadband, are pretty rickety!)
In peace, and with metta and thanks to you all,
rod / editor of the Horse.
It reads:
I meditate. I burn candles. I drink green tea. [...] and still I want to smack someone.
Sadly, how many of us can't relate at all to this one?
Well, at least we can keep tryin'.
It was recorded by Jetsunma Akhon Lhamo, a female Western Dharma teacher of the Nyingma School, with Broooklyn's "Totally Killing It" productions. As her bio reads, she was "the first Western woman recognized and enthroned as a Tulku or reincarnate lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. [... She was] recognized by HH Penor Rinpoche, HH Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche and Dzongang Rinpoche."
The verdict? Haven't heard it all yet, but -- so far, so good! It's got a sort of ethno-techno vibe, with a dubby world flavor, but many of the lyrics are concerned with the dharma (cultivating bodhicitta and wisdom; understanding emptiness), and even feature (sometimes exclusively) actual Tibetan mantras. The album is dedicated "to the liberation and awakenings of all sentient beings." (It's always refreshing to own a CD wherein all the thank-yous are not to agents and sponsors.)
Gonna keep listening to it, and hopefully, give it a more proper review sometime in the near-ish future. In the meantime, if you wanna buy it yourself, go here. (You can also hear bits of it here and on Jetsunma's MySpace page.) There's a lot of new Buddhist-inspired music coming down the pike: Shambhala. Firstborn. Pacific Sky Burial. And this. The Horse wants to cover it all if we can.
So stay tuned.
PS: Extra-credit points go to Ursula Ward, who's half of Totally Killing It, and designed the CD package. It looks DAMNED good!
