“Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhis...” — Jim Coleman Quote

Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist.

And when that's working, the sum can be greater than the parts.

First, I'm trying to edit down about 7 hours of material which I made prior to the Cop days and find some way to get it out. This stuff is pretty out there, mostly sonic collages and tape manipulations.

But things can happen in a band, or any type of collaboration, that would not otherwise happen.

And I think that I'd be a natural for scoring horror movies.

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

I do some compassionate mindfulness every day. It's like a Buddhist thing. I tell myself that I'm doing a good job, that kind of thing. It makes me feel better.

Non-violence is the essence of the entire Buddha's teaching, and the practice of non-violence is the entire essence of the practice of Buddha dharma, Buddhist spirituality, in one's life.

Cambodia wanted no part of SEATO. We would look after ourselves as neutrals and Buddhists.

Samuel Johnson called it the vanity of human wishes, and Buddhists talk about the endless cycle of desire. Social psychologists say we get trapped on a hedonic treadmill. What they all mean is that we wish, plan and work for things that we think will make us happy, but when we finally get them, we aren't nearly as happy as we thought we'd be.