Abandon All Subtlety

Koala’s response to being petted

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Koala’s response to being petted

hamsteak: Punk Fan, from the In the Gutter book by Val...

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hamsteak:

Punk Fan, from the In the Gutter book by Val Hennessy, 1978

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thingsorganizedneatly: himonswang: 白 ed: Who? Where?

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thingsorganizedneatly:

himonswang:

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ed: Who? Where?

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Buddhism, though it originated in India, spread up by means of...

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Buddhism, though it originated in India, spread up by means of the Silk Road and into China. Buddhism was more popular in India before it spread to China but Chinese Buddhism took off especially during the Tang Dynasty.

Buddhism spread so quickly likely because of its message: anyone can be a Buddha. This was very enticing to the people of India and China. In both cultures, especially India, there were certain class distinctions. In India it’s known as the caste system where if you were born a peasant, you’d die a peasant and there was no moving up. Chinese culture, fed by Confucianism, also developed somewhat along those lines. Although it was possible to move up through the ranks, it often required education and connections. Buddhism then spreads from China into Korea and Vietnam and the other South East Asian countries and then into Japan.

Japanese Buddhism is typically Tendai Buddhism or Zen Buddhism. Though China’s exposure to Buddhism was largely due to trade routes on the Silk Road, Japan’s exposure was more due to missionaries who were quick to translate Buddhism into Japanese. In particular Chan Buddhism of China gets translated into Zen Buddhism, a sect of Buddhism very involved in meditation.

Buddhism gets a major setback in society from the Tang Dynasty of China and during the rise of Oda Nobunaga in Japan.

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"I’m not afraid of dying. Pieces of me die all the time."

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“I’m not afraid of dying. Pieces of me die all the time.”

- Sage Francis (via furples)

"I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way,..."

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“I believe that music is a force in itself. It is there and it needs an outlet, a medium. In a way, we are just the medium.”

- Maynard James Keenan (via tinababeh)

I was observing a plant today and I noticed a white crab spider sharing a leaf with a small beetle...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:55:10 -0400

I was observing a plant today and I noticed a white crab spider sharing a leaf with a small beetle along with some some slugs and snails in the soil.

Maximum coexistence. If only humans could follow suit.

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:29:15 -0400

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.”

-Frank Sinatra