it began with something on NPR, Jesse Kornbluth was talking, they plugged his website www.headbutler.com. I'm hooked.

Jesse introduced Thich Nhat Hanh ( Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist.)  by way of a 'review/recommendation of  Nhat Hanh's book:  Teachings on Love



I'd been previously in the dark about Buddhism.  It resonates with me. 

tonight, I watched a DVD Bill Moyers on Faith & Reason: Pema Chodron in which Bill Moyers speaks with Pema Chodron (Ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan vajrayana tradition, and a teacher in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa) about ideas and teachings that have special significance for western Buddhists and will resonate with non-Buddhists as well.



{Have I mentioned that I've discovered my local public library and its' trove of DVD's}

Pema Chodron has me contemplating:

that i lived such a superficial life until i found out i had a disease for which their is no cure.
when you can't get rid of it, you hit a positive bottom, then you surrender and become awakened.