On the Tenth Day of Fasting, the Buddha Said to Me:

Monks, I know of no other sound by which a man's heart is so enslaved as it is by that of a woman !

Monks, a woman's voice obsesses a man's heart !

From the First Chapter of the Anguttara Nikaya

On the Ninth Day of Fasting, the Buddha Said to Me:

Monks, I know of no other scent by which a man's heart is so enslaved as it is by that of a woman !

Monks, a woman's scent obsesses a man's heart !

From the First Chapter of the Anguttara Nikaya

On the Eighth Day of Fasting, the Buddha Said to Me:

Monks, I know of no other form by which a man's heart is so enslaved as it is by that of a woman !

Monks, a woman's form obsesses a man's heart !

From the First Chapter of the Anguttara Nikaya

Settling Our Issues Like Civilized People

On the Sixth Day of Fasting, the Rabbis Said to Me:

The greatest hero is he who turns his worst enemy into a friend.

Babylonian Talmud, Tract Aboth, Fourth Chapter,
Tosephtha: Aboth of Rabbi Nathan

On the Fifth Day of Fasting, the Buddha Said to Me:

Here he grieves, hereafter he grieves : In both worlds does the evil-doer grieve, perceiving the impurity of his own deeds.

The Fifteenth Stanza of the First Chapter of the Dhammapada

On the Fourth Day of Fasting, the Buddha Said to Me:

Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; through love alone does it cease: This is an eternal law!

The Fifth Stanza of the First Chapter of the Dhammapada

On the Third Day of Fasting, the Buddha Said to Me:

"He hurt me, he hit me, he beat me, he robbed me" : In those who harbour such thoughts hatred is never appeased.

The Third Stanza of the First Chapter of the Dhammapada

On the Second Day of Fasting, the Buddha Said to Me:

- Give up on one thing, monks, and I promise you deliverance !

- Which one?

- Anger, by which men are led to evil places, enraged... By rightly discerning that hatred, those who see clearly let go, and are thus delivered...

From the Fourth Chapter of the Itivuttaka

On the First Day of Fasting, the Buddha Said to Me:

- Give up on one thing, monks, and I promise you deliverance !

- Which one?

- Lust, by which men are led to evil places, craving... By rightly discerning that desire, those who see clearly let go, and are thus delivered...

From the First Chapter of the Itivuttaka

The Lent Effect

It's coming... It's coming... It's here, have no fear!


A Picture's Worth More Than A Thousand Words...


( At least she's taking it better than this guy... )

"Science" & Religion

( You may wish to turn up the volume on your computer ).


...and people still wonder why the two don't mix...

Thousand Word Essay On My Current Spiritual Condition

A Picture's Worth More Than A Thousand Words...

Roman Catholic Women Ordinations

Habemus Papam! Axia! Digna Est!


How could the Orthodox even resist such a tempting offer !?
After all, wasn't it their great writer, Dostoyevsky, who said that "Beauty will save the world" ?

Clearly, only their mindlessly-rebellious and enviously-schismatic spirit could have blinded them
to such irresistible beauty, and to the discreet charm of the papacy !

The Dangerous Lives Of Eastern-Orthodox Apologists

Though thousands still looked up to him as being a great Oriental guru, he ended up a broken-down, cynical drunk, who used to say: "I'm not at peace with myself when I'm sober".

Hieromonk Damascene Christensen,
Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Work,
on Allan Watts

Undeniable Proof of Intelligent Design

A Picture's Worth More Than A Thousand Words...

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.

William Foster