Quakerly Buddhist blogs

These squibs first appeared on New City of Friends blog site. The blog postings are arranged by topics and also chronologically.

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Topics

• Buddhism
• Is Buddhism obsolete?
• What on earth is authentic Buddhism?
• Environmental concerns
• Indulging ourselves to death
• Is nuclear energy a solution to global warming?
• Learning from Granddaddy
• Trying everything but the obvious
• Gun control
  • Did Jesus defend our right to bear arms?
  • Regulation yes, prohibition no
  • The right of people to bear arms
• Meditation and prayer
• A moment of silence! Now what?
• Mr Socrates, meet Mr Buddha and Mr Fox
• Telling stories about telling stories
• Peace testimony
• The danger of misidentified dangers
• Ending the war on terrorism
• Friendship without frontiers
• John Adams versus the Quakers
• Memories of Hiroshima
• On being truly pro-life
• Praying for everyone's troops
• Time for a non-military America
• To send our passions on God's errands
• Your tax dollars at work
• Prisons
  • “All punishment is mischief”
  • Justice by disaster
• Quakerism as I experience it
• The Comrade and the Friend
• The Teachers and the Hippies
• The Winter of my Deep Content
• Struggling with the Bible
• Winning the Buddhist Quaker Vote
• Coming to terms with Biblical brutality
• How to be a Quakerly Buddhist (maybe)
• Meeting for worship for business
• Clearness process
• Scriptural meditations
• It tolls for thee (Meditation on Revelation to John 18:14–19)
• Wake up and forget
• Remembering to make sense
• Simplicity Testimony
• Have a subversive Christmas
• Provoked by Mozi
• State of the nation
• A Chinese totalitarian assesses America
• A grandson of Confucius assesses America
• “All punishment is mischief”
• America's debt to her military
• America's need for light
• America's report card (using Walt Whitman's criteria)
• America's support of Tibet: Too little to late
• As civilization winds down
• The bright side of economic collapse
• Confession of an indifferent sports observer
• Does ignorance matter? Who knows?
• In praise of melancholy
• Is America ready for Democracy?
• The karma of a nation: “This land is your land”
• Left, right, middle or none of the above?
• Pausing to give thanks
• Preparing America for Democracy
• Shedding religious identity
• Thanksgiving 2008
• Thanksgiving Day 1963
• Twelve million reasons to change the law
• Thy saving health among all nations
• Where have all our manners gone?
• What a waist!
• Will the real fascists please stand up?
• Why are so many Americans in prison?
• Why no one can deliver the change they promise
• Why our electoral process breeds presidential monstrosities

Chronological list

1. 2007-07-14 Ending the war on terrorism
2. 2007-07-19 The right of people to bear arms
3. 2007-07-20 Did Jesus defend our right to bear arms?
4. 2007-07-24 The karma of a nation: “This land is your land”
5. 2007-07-25 Regulation yes, prohibition no
6. 2007-08-11 America's report card (using Walt Whitman's criteria)
7. 2007-08-19 Is nuclear energy a solution to global warming?
8. 2007-08-26 America's need for light
9. 2007-08-27 Is America ready for Democracy?
10. 2007-09-07 A grandson of Confucius assesses America
11. 2007-09-28 Where have all our manners gone?
12. 2007-10-24 Indulging ourselves to death
13. 2007-10-29 The danger of misidentified dangers
14. 2007-11-23 Pausing to give thanks
15. 2007-12-30 A moment of silence! Now what?
16. 2008-01-07 A Chinese totalitarian assesses America
17. 2008-01-24 Left, right, middle or none of the above?
18. 2008-01-27 To send our passions on God's errands
19. 2008-02-16 Trying everything but the obvious
20. 2008-02-19 Does ignorance matter? Who knows?
21. 2008-02-25 Time for a non-military America
22. 2008-02-26 Your tax dollars at work
23. 2008-03-16 Will the real fascists please stand up?
24. 2008-03-23 America's support of Tibet: Too little to late
25. 2008-04-01 Why are so many Americans in prison?
26. 2008-04-20 “All punishment is mischief”
27. 2008-05-10 Twelve million reasons to change the law
28. 2008-05-21 Thy saving health among all nations
29. 2008-06-01 The Comrade and the Friend
30. 2008-06-04 The Teachers and the Hippies
31. 2008-06-16 The Winter of my Deep Content
32. 2008-07-08 Struggling with the Bible
33. 2008-07-23 Winning the Buddhist Quaker Vote
34. 2008-07-28 Coming to terms with Biblical brutality
35. 2008-08-06 Memories of Hiroshima
36. 2008-08-10 Why our electoral process breeds presidential monstrosities
37. 2008-08-18 Learning from Granddaddy
38. 2008-08-22 John Adams versus the Quakers
39. 2008-08-26 Praying for everyone's troops
40. 2008-09-05 Why no one can deliver the change they promise
41. 2008-09-14 On being truly pro-life
42. 2008-09-22 In praise of melancholy
43. 2008-09-25 How to be a Quakerly Buddhist (maybe)
44. 2008-10-03 America's debt to her military
45. 2008-10-14 Meeting for worship for business
46. 2008-10-26 Clearness process
47. 2008-11-04 Preparing America for Democracy
48. 2008-11-05 Thanksgiving Day 1963
49. 2008-11-08 It tolls for thee (Meditation on Revelation to John 18:14–19)
50. 2008-11-15 As civilization winds down
51. 2008-11-23 The bright side of economic collapse
52. 2008-11-26 Thanksgiving 2008
53. 2008-12-11 Have a subversive Christmas
54. 2008-12-23 Friendship without frontiers
55. 2008-12-29 Confession of an indifferent sports observer
56. 2009-01-12 Mr Socrates, meet Mr Buddha and Mr Fox
57. 2009-01-19 Wake up and forget
58. 2009-02-03 Telling stories about telling stories
59. 2009-02-09 Remembering to make sense
60. 2009-02-12 Provoked by Mozi
61. 2009-02-21 Justice by disaster
62. 2009-03-10 Shedding religious identity
63. 2009-03-21 What on earth is authentic Buddhism?
64. 2009-03-31 Is Buddhism obsolete?
65. 2009-04-20 What a waist!