Zeitgeist indicator The New York Times Styles Section has lately been fairly awesome in covering two subjects near and dear to my heart: mindfulness and female sexuality.  (Although in both cases – it’s kind of lame to call them ‘styles’.  Skinny jeans: a style.  Women enjoying sex? Hopefully not as temporary.  I’m just saying). This…

Apparently holding a mala, this smiling buddha figure was photographed by Fred Gates, who noted: “This is a wind-up toy that walks while it ‘listens’ to headphones (rock…ROCK!). It was a gift, but when my friend’s 3-year old wanted it I gave it to her. It is no doubt in pieces now or buried in…

The below video of Alex Gopher’s “The Child,” sent in by One City reader and I.D. Project homie DMC, is a perfect illustration of the following Thich Nhat Hanh quote: “Where should we look to find the world of no signs? Right here in the world of signs.” Enjoy the video, and enjoy your daily…

Twin Peak’s Agent Dale Cooper is my favorite Buddhist character is Western culture. Here is the scene in which Agent Cooper uses the “Tibetan method” in order to figure out who exactly out of a group of suspects is in need of further investigation. In this scene, a Lynchian classic, the so-called Tibetan method involves…

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