Tue, 29 Aug 2006
Buddhist Bloggers
It seems like David, a long time member of the Chicago KTC, has a weblog and even updates it regularly. The posts have some news about the KTC and also about his job hunt and daughter, who he clearly dotes on.
Lily came down with a little flu today. She is sleeping a lot more than usual. I have to confess I rather enjoy it when she is sick. She is more willing to crawl in my arms and fall asleep while I hold her. It is one of those grown-up pleasures you never learn about when you are young. I think alcoholics would give up their addiction if they knew the pleasure of their sick child sleeping in their arms. So for now, my life has a little more bliss.
I've only met David once, during Tai Situ Rinpoche's Mahamudra Seminar at KTD. He was a very likeable guy, and at the time was also doing web work. I guess that job was a casualty on the dot bomb implosion. It would be good to meet him again, but at least I can keep up with his weblog.
DhrmaStudent is student of Garchen Rinpoche who has a defunct weblog that is still worth reading. He's twenty years old, very serious about Buddhism and wants to be a monk. Here's his picture. His mother is not too thrilled about him becoming a monk and going off to meditate in a cave.
I've been having to work through some karma, namely with individuals in my family. Never in their wildest dreams would they think my interests in Buddhism would bring me to likely being an ordained monk next year, the aspiration to go on six years retreat meditating on the nature of mind. Their perception of me when I would grow up would be an olympic swimmer or engaged in travel and translating...not, a Buddhist monk.
But what a phenomenal, flattering offering of this experience. Apparently Rinpoche threw his head back laughing, "He's 19 years old?!" The best thing I can ask for is the support from one side, Our teachers would never tear down our aspirations for Enlightenment, they would just tear down the Ego.
I'm always happy to see young people take a serious interest in the dharma, because the future of Buddhism is in their hands. Maybe I'll meet the guy some day.
