Big contributor Sam De Witt sends on “a couple of pics I took at the protest today. It was on the west side highway, across the street from the Chinese consulate.”
“…I like the sign in the background. (’Ride the beast.’)”
-Sam
Sam also sent this:
“There is a demonstration tomorrow, not Monday (as I earlier reported), at the Chinese mission to the UN — but this is NOT at the UN itself. Here is all the info from the
Students for a Free Tibet site.”
Sunday (March 30, 200 
Locations: NYC Chinese Consulate (42nd Street and 12th Ave)
Time:9.00AM to 11:00aM
Actvities: Protest and Rally
THEN
Location: Chinese Mission to the United Nations (34th street and 1st Ave)
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Activities: Protest
FOLLOWED BY:
Location: Armenian Church (34th street and 2nd Avenue)
Time: 2:00pm - 7:00pm
Activities: Tibetan Community Prayers, Situation update, Fundraiser
Then, on MONDAY (March 31, 2008):
Locations: NYC Chinese Consulate (42nd Street and 12th Ave)
Time:9.00AM to 5pm
Activities: Protest and Rally
Categories: HHDL · Sam DeWitt Specials · Tibet is important · advertising · china · funny -- or not? · tibet
Tagged: activism, NYC, tibet, protest
It really isn’t. This link goes to a pdf what looks like a cool article about the origins of Buddha imagery. Kinda neat. It is, in fact, also a semi-promotional piece for an Indian Art business. I think it might be okay. Dunno. And I can’t yet vouch for the article but it looks pretty good at a glance. So check it out if you want to decide for yourself. Here’s a regular, non-pdf html version.
Categories: India · advertising · art · china · dig · japan · tibet
Tagged: buddha, imagery, not an ad
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Tagged: tv, Top Chef, Hung Huynh
Thanks to reader JB for sending a real-life example of what he described as “wonderfully excellent bodhisattva activity”:
A Victim Treats His Mugger Right (via NPR)
As JB also wrote, “I think there’s a koan about this, too.” And he sent it along to share with you:
Zen Master Ryokan lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal.
Ryokan returned and caught him. “You have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift.”
The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.
Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, “I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon.”
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Tagged: bodhisattva, crime, NYC, zen
