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Hello, this blog is about my life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile / Koreaphile. Any useful information I can pass along will hopefully make the Internets a better place. Thanks for reading!
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Living the Simple Life
As faithful readers will no doubt have noticed, I read a lot. I read on the bus, read on my lunch break at work, I used to read in the car when Baby was one-year old and would take extended … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Confucius, Religion, Taoism
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Getting Old
[96] 花さそふ Hana sasou あらしの庭の Arashi no niwa no 雪ならで Yuki narade ふりゆくものは furiyuku mono wa わが身なりけり waga mi nari keri THIS snow is not from blossoms white Wind-scattered, here and there, That whiten all my garden paths And leave … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Poetry
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Ten Great Buddhist Proverbs by Lafcadio Hearn
Recently, I started reading another book by famous Greco-Irish author, Lafcadio Hearn, called In Ghostly Japan. In one section, Hearn has collected over a 100 Buddhist proverbs, and provides footnotes for some that require more explanation. I don’t know if … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Japan, Literature, Religion
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Happy Thanksgiving 2010!
Wishing everyone in the U.S. a happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, Doug and Family
Posted in Cooking, Family
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Prince Shotoku and the Twelve Cap Ranking system
A few months back, I wrote a post about the Court ranking system among nobility in Heian Period Japan, the so-called “Golden Age” by people inside and outside Japan. Surprisingly the post has proven to be consistently popular among web … Continue reading
Posted in Confucius, Japan
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Countdown to the JLPT exam, are you ready?
Two weeks remain for the JLPT exam. I’ll be taking the N3 this year, and feel pretty good about it. Reading a lot and also watching Japanese TV (via cable) with my little girl almost daily helps.1 We’ll see how … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, JLPT, Language
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Mailbox
For this Sunday’s filler, I’d thought I would share this photo. My little girl, now almost 4 years old, took a tissue box and turned it into a mailbox (with mom’s help) so she could receive letters. “Daddy” has been … Continue reading
Posted in Family
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Japanese Priestesses Through History
Lately, while continuing to read Japanese manga for younger audiences to improve my reading skills, I picked up a different set of comics besides the Chibi Marukochan education series here at Kinokuniya bookstore in Seattle. This other series, made by … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Shinto
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The Nine Considerations for the Gentleman by Confucius
Book 16, verse 10 in the Analects of Confucius offers some sagely advice for the aspiring gentleman in the form of the Nine Considerations (九思, jiǔsī in modern Mandarin). Included here is the translation provided by Tsai Chih-Chung’s illustrated version … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Confucius
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Santa Claus, the Buddhist
Years ago, I wrote a pretend Buddhist sutra about Santa Claus, in my belief that Santa would make a good bodhisattva.1 However, I never imagined that I would see a video like this. Big thanks to fellow Buddhist blogger, and … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Japan, Religion, Shingon
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