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Would Buddha Drive a Porsche?

I recently bought a little sports car for all the materialistic, mid-life crisis reasons guys my age buy little sports cars.   I used the typical rationalizations to justify my purchase.   It gets better gas mileage;  it has less impact on the environment, etc.  

I knew it would be fun to drive, but what I have discovered that it is very much a “now” experience.   When I’m driving this car, shifting through 6 gears, I am in the moment, and I stay in the moment.   It does not seem to matter if I am on the interstate, a back road, or a city street.   I look forward to driving to work each morning.

An old Buddhist saying is, “When you are chopping wood, chop wood.”   When I am driving this car, I am driving this car.   All of which made me wonder, “Would Buddha  drive a Porsche?”

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What Religion is God

The question has been asked before, What religion is God?

Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islam.  It is a once in a life time requirement of every able-bodied Muslim. The pilgrimage must take place during the second week of the Islamic month, Dhul Hijjah.  During the Hajj, there are many rituals to be observed in a short period of time. One is the Stoning of the Devil, a reenactment of the Devil tempting Abraham three times as he prepared to sacrifice his son, Isaac.
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Word of the Day – Virgin

  • Noun:  Virgin
    1. a person who has never had sexual intercourse
    2. a person who is naive, innocent, or inexperienced, especially in a particular context.    “a political virgin”
    3. Entomology – a female insect that produces eggs without being fertilized.
  • Adjective:
    1. being, relating to, or appropriate for a virgin.    “his virgin bride”
    2. not yet touched, used, or exploited. “a virgin forest”
  •  Synonyms:
    1. chaste
    2. virginal
    3. celibate
    4. abstinent
    5. unused
    6. untouched
    7. innocent
  • Usage:
    1. “My soul flits away into the virgin forests and to the savannas. All is beautiful.” ~~ from Les Miserable by Victor Hugo
  • Encountered:
    1. I used the word at work in the sense of being inexperienced; “I was a virgin at picking at people until Chris taught me how.”  They ran away from me like I had said something pornographic.

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Word of the Day – Redoubt

  • Noun:  Redoubt
    1. a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defenses.
    2. a defended position :  protective barrier
    3. a secure retreat
  •  Synonyms:
    1. bastion
    2. barrier
    3. defense
    4. stronghold
  • Usage:
    1. “The battery, which, if completed, would have been almost a redoubt, was ranged behind a very low garden wall, backed up with a coating of bags of sand and a large slope of earth. This work was not finished; there had been no time to make a palisade for it. “
  • Encountered:
    1.  While reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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Word of the Day – Pedagogy

Pedagogy

  • Noun:
    1. the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.
    2. the function or work of a teacher; teaching.
  • Synonyms:
    1. coaching
    2. erudition
    3. tutelage
  • Usage:
    1. The trailer suggests that Whiplash is a film about an abusive teacher, who terrorizes students into stretching for their talent, always wondering if the pedagogy is worth the trauma..
  • Encountered:
    1. Listening to a movie review for Whiplash on KDHX

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