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Charles Jones' book on Pure Land Buddhism notes how early Buddhism always had "a trove of utopian imagery ready to hand."  He ...

I suspect few of my readers are all that interested in my slowly rambling interest in Buddhism, but as this blog now works pretty much as my...

Took this photo in Ohara, Kyoto, before I saw the "no photos" sign: And saw this statue in the oldest  temple in the city, which i...

I always said that if the Voice succeeded, history showed that we could expect many of its recommendations to immediately be the subject of ...

I saw this on the news last night : An elderly Queensland man has been charged in relation to an alleged string of assaults on women in par...

Look, if Noah Smith, David Roberts and David Frum quit Twitter/X I will too, but while ever they are posting there I'll keep reading it....

Before I get to regular life again, a few other points to remind myself in future: *  when buying a data SIM in another country, for me, 3 G...

* I mentioned before the news stories about the unusually large number of bear attacks this year, and yeah, the country was still talking ab...

I'm still in Japan for another couple of days, and can't be bothered doing a lengthier post yet, but just wanted to mention that one...

...if Japan doesn't have the first permanent toilet on the Moon, there ain't no justice.  Look at this beauty, in a shop window on a...

And shrines/temples: And eating (sometimes) like this: More soon...

As you can see on the right hand side of this photo, even Buddhism can't escape kawaii in Japan: More detail here: Anyway, this temple h...

Guess the city... No bears have yet been sighted. More.... The central station has quite a fan base...and in fact I reckon more so amongst t...

CNA talks about the guy with schizophrenia who killed 18 in Maine: The Reserve unit told the sheriff's office that Card, a 40-year-old ...

It stills seems that war in Gaza has sucked most of the attention away from the remarkable amount of destruction in Acapulco.   These photos...

Is it just me getting cranky as I age, but this is my second complaint about a reality TV format - this time, Alone . I've barely seen i...

On NHK , the Japanese government news service: Bear attacks in Japan are on the rise, with the number of incidents reaching a record high f...

I've only see ads for it on Channel 7 while watching the news or a bit of breakfast TV, but surely I can't be the only person in Aus...