41 posts tagged “dharma-burger”
Bears are, generally, hairy men who might be a bit heavyset. Like, say, the one meditating in the graphic of the "Zen Bear" t-shirt (left). It's a whole subculture of the gay world.
No real judgment to pass here; all I have to say is that this has got to be one of the most oddly specific Dharma-Burgers yet!
* The "gold plated Buddhist cell phone for monks"
* What happens when you cross the Buddha with the Michelin man?
* The mighty band Mission of Burma to play Boston-area show for -- what else? -- Burma!
* Cool: cartoonist Joe Matt is a Buddhist
* Noah Levine's Falling Fruit interview: brought to you in part by The Worst Horse
* Rapping monks, nuns hit the catwalk to promote Buddhism
* DharmaCrafts' Dyan Eagles on BusinessWeek.com
* NY Times: "Mindful" scrubbing and vacuuming
* Guardian (UK): Buddhist retreat for caregivers
* Dalai Lama to invade China? Well, in Chris Elliott's mind, he is.
* "Courtney Love: Chanting Buddhist" (via Huffington Post)
Check it all on http://theworsthorse.net
As he writes:
Oh, Hoss...don't ask how I came across this. I just did. Don't worry -- I'm headed to Australia in January. I'll straighten those blokes out.
The question, as he puts it, is: "Lucky for whom?"
See more here.
Where will it ever end? You're supposed to awaken as the Buddha, not on the Buddha!
See what he's talkin' bout, here.
In this print ad, Prudential casts itself as everyone's retirement guru, offering "inner peace" at its Retirement Red Zone website.
This is just one more step toward full-on co-optation, folks. (See #3, here.)
Is it bad? Is it good?
Well, it sure did wonders for the culture's mainstream acceptance of the so-called revolution that the 60's offered.
Or, at least, it did wonders for the ad-men and industries of the day, who made all that co-opting happen in the first place.
See our article, here, for a little bit more on this kind of thang.
I found this Buddha statue in the discount section of Target for $2.50 and thought it'd be appropriate.
Yeah it is, Ben.
Yeah. It is.
...Ben also sent another little note, not Target-related, but in a similar spirit:
I thought I'd pass along this little tidbit about my last job. I worked for a company called Karma, Inc. I wasn't even aware that the company was called Karma when I applied, but it turns out that my boss was screwed over by his partner at his last company which resulted in him losing everything. So in a split-second decision he decided to name his company Karma because of the "bad karma" he'd received thus far. He wasn't really interested in any form of buddhism or hinduism or anything like that.
I think he may have regrets about naming the company that now because no one understands the significance.
It was oddly auspicious for me, though!
Thanks for the tidbit, Ben. Stay in touch as the wheel rolls on.
We showed you this in a recently posted link on the homepage. But it's extra cool to have the bottle.
"Nirvana Natural Spring Water," it says. And the slogan? "It's about time."
Yes, it is. Seriously: what's taking you so long to get yourself some Nirvana?
You really should be drinking 8-10 glasses a day, you know.
Well, I guess their slogan is catchier than it would be if it employed a more accurate description of "nirvana."
Like: "Nirvana Natural Spring Water. It's about the ultimate cessation of suffering."
...actually, I like the ring of that.
Or! How about:
"Nirvana: Extinguish Your Thirst."
Thanks, Shannon!
Gotta say: I like 'em! (And strangely, so do most of the men I know who've seem 'em.)
Thanks to excellent designer Gina Phelan for sending this snap of a sort of Dharma-Burger Classic, "Optimum Zen" cereal:
Til now. Thanks, Gina!
[Update: after posting this, Gina sent this comment:]
...After I sent the photo to you, I felt a little guilty because I haven't, in fact, tried this cereal. I mean, who knows? Maybe I've been wasting my time in six- and eight-week meditation retreats--I'm not realized yet, am I--and maybe I'm just an arrogant Buddhist who refuses to admit that there might be a faster, more delicious way--a more nutritious, crunchier path, one you can practice with soy milk or Rice Dream! So, I don't know, perhaps I need to experiment before I go off making fun of these poor cereal merchants. I'll keep you posted....
Thanks for this, Gina. We include it here because it so perfectly captures the spirit of inquiry (and fun) that being a Worst Horse truly entails!
The new issue's 100 is called "Help Yourself: 100 self-help books you can do without." Zen and the Art of Faking a Personal Injury was picked for the graphic (left), but others with Dharma-related titles included:
39: Zen and the Art of the Segway Personal Transporter Maintenance
and:
95: The Dalai Lama Wants You to Have a Jet Ski
These are keeping company with some 98 other self-helpy titles. Among them:
Bill O'Reilly: Who's Lookin' Out for Your Loofah Zone?
The Lonely Planet Guide to Second Life
and, Flavor Flav's Illustrated Kama Sutra
There are of course more, and many made me laugh, but I won't type them up, since so many of them are in poor taste and I just have to assume that you're classier and more sophisticated than I'll ever be.
You can always buy the magazine, of course. Or, subscribe!
(And no, this isn't some kind of paid ad for RADAR. I'm just a fan.)
More RADAR hijinks directly below.
