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Fri, 2007-06-08 09:00 — ABN

Work Can Cloud the Buddha Mind

By Chris La Tray, 6-08-07

I'm a (half) white, liberal/progressive/whatever American guy on the cusp of middle age, so I'd like everyone to know I've fulfilled my obligation to look into Buddhism. Isn't that expected of me? Like Clinton on the bong, though, I really didn't inhale much.

I could never be a Buddhist. There are too many words I can't pronounce. The thing about monks not being able to touch women is a no-go for me. Much of the dogmatic stuff keeps me from getting very deep before my eyes cross and my head starts to hurt. Ultimately the path is just too foreign. Besides, my Pagan leanings have much more interesting methods of inspiring the crops to grow. One might even suggest my natural proclivities are like deadfall choking the path to Eastern enlightenment.

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