Overproduction, Overpopulation in Pictures

From the Guardian

Chronicles of CTR Important Announcement Receives cuke dot com Award of Excellence!

The Chronicles of CTR is the online archive of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's lectures and oral history. Cuke has been in touch with them and shared info since back in the nineties. Read this "Important Announcement" which was the first email I read this morning - then read my comment below. - DC

No Idea of Buddha Nature

Student L: Was there some distinction between having an idea of buddha-nature, or the word buddha-nature and buddha-nature?

Memories of Phillip Wilson

Memories of early Shunryu Suzuki disciple Phillip Wilson from Scott Elofson

Phillip's cuke main page links from there. What a guy. - DC

Photo of Phillip with Shunryu Suzuki at Tassajara 1967.



[Gonna get back in to trying to post an image a day. - dc]

Med Sea Plastic Overdose

Plastic in the environment ain't just a problem in Bali - it's a big problem in the Mediterranean Sea. I wonder if we listed problems in order of their species threat and human survival and quality of life hierarchy, where this would go.  - dc

Bali Bill knew Arthur Okamura

Just sent this email to friends and family of Arthur Okamura. Adding to it now. - DC

Joanne Kyger Revisited

Joanne Kyger cuke interview corrected and edited by her

Includes a brief note from her to me pointing out that one correction was the spelling of Bill McNeill's name - with two Ls. That's been entered into the Errata for Crooked Cucumber and changing that spelling in many places in the book and on cuke.com is now on the To-do list.

Next is a brief note to the editor of the English magazine, Beat Scene which is publishing the interview. - DC

How Understand Discipline

Student: How could we understand our own discipline? That is, what attitude can we take towards disciplining ourselves?

Richard Moore Memorial Friday

There will be a memorial for Richard Moore at Mt Tamalpais Methodist Church, 410 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley, CA on Friday, April 3, from 2 - 4pm.

The Mt Tamalpais United Methodist Church is on the corner of Sycamore and Camino Alto, across from Mill Valley Middle School and just up the block from The Redwoods where he lived.

It will be in one of the side buildings, not the place where services and MV Chamber Music Society concerts are held. 

See yesterday's post about Richard's passing. - DC

Mangosteens - Brain Food etc

Maybe all those folks on the Internet are just trying to sell supplements, but it's comforting to read all the positive health benefits ascribed to the mangosteen which is called mangis here in Indonesia. I love em. So good and sweet and so easy to eat. Just squeeze and they open up. And as a result my brain will regenerate and memory and other functions will excel and more. Hurray!