Entries from October 2007

October 31, 2007

Dharma-Burger: Target discounts the Awakened One

Thanks to reader Ben Hutchison who sent on this pic. He writes:
I found this Buddha statue in the discount section of Target for $2.50 and thought [...]

October 31, 2007

NBC goes Zen; Prison Dharma goes Prime-Time

Huge, HUGE thanks to Horse reader SeanO, who sends this note and link:
NBC.com has a fair to middlin’ introduction to Zen, for fans of the [...]

October 29, 2007

Bye-bye, Buddha?

Yes, it’s true: On “I Love New York 2,” Ezra — nicknamed Buddha — was summarily dismissed for headbutting another suitor of the show’s titular queen.
Said New York in explaining her decision to kick Ezra to the curb:
“Buddha had to leave, because he got violent and very physical.”

He will be missed.
(OK. He won’t actually be [...]

October 28, 2007

WHAT a Dharma-Burger! “Nirvana” water

Thanks to friends and readers Kate H. and Vic for not just bringing this to our attention, but also for sending an actual bottle. (Sadly, it was empty. My [...]

October 28, 2007

Burma is Important! A shout-out on MTV’s “Think” site!

Many, many GIANT thanks to Jaime McLeod, who posted the Free Burma art that she created for the Burma is Important Project on MTV’s Think [...]

October 24, 2007

Dalai Lama teachings — on The Onion?

Check out this radio piece from The Onion, in which George Dubya Bush talks about introducing his friend “Mr. Lama” to “the forgiving light of Jesus Christ.”

October 23, 2007

Burma is Important: the Project images keep coming!

The contributions to the Horse’s Burma is Important Project just keep coming. Here’s one of the latest, from Jason Pruitt:

See them all here.Use’m on your site, your [...]

October 23, 2007

Dharma-Burger! “Dharmagrrl” girlie boy shorts.

Horse reader Shannon sends this shot, from an online shop called Dharmagrrl. She writes:

Hi y’all,

This company (dharmagrrl) was spotlighted in my Naropa alumni magazine. Behold, my favorite item: http://www.dharmagrrl.com/productpage2.html. [...]

October 21, 2007

Buddha lives! (…in the “I Love New York 2″ house?)

The new season of VH1’s “reality” series, “I Love New York 2″ is under way.
As before, “New York,” the wanna-be socialite skank and star of the show — and I don’t mean to be just totally insulting; I actually think she would consider that description accurate! — gives each of her suitors a nickname. One [...]

October 21, 2007

“Be a lamp unto yourself”: The Heart Sutra lighter.

Frequent contributor Jaime McLeod recently sent this eBay find. As Jaime wrote:
I had to do a double take on this one, but it is real.
Thanks as always, Jaime.
(There are of course zillions of dubious dharma-products on eBay. You’ll find more in the Drive-Thru.)