Forget the words
January 13th, 2013 | by msalt
Should you pronounce a difficult or foreign word correctly, even if you’re less likely to be understood? Or is it [&hellip
Browsing the "taoism" Tag
Feed Your Inner Duck
December 31st, 2012 | by msalt
Michael Leunig is a “philosopher cartoonist” and biting social satirist from Melbourne, prone to ducks and penguins. He is huge [&hellip
Bao Pu – Bewildering Broodings and Babblings on Ancient China
December 26th, 2012 | by msalt
What would a great Daoist blog look like? Probably not many words or posts, but the ones that appeared would [&hellip
Are you a spiritual wanker?
December 21st, 2012 | by msalt
Mark Walsh (from Brighton in the UK) calls out 9 symptoms of spiritual wankery that are spot on, with humor [&hellip
American Koans #1: Volunteers
December 20th, 2012 | by msalt
by Mark Saltveit Maybe I’m just lazy. I plant nothing. Own no tools. Use no fertilizer or pesticides. Couldn’t even [&hellip
Comedians as Daoist Missionaries
December 18th, 2012 | by msalt
by Mark Saltveit I’ve worked as a paid standup comedian on the West Coast for 12 years. It’s fascinating, rewarding, [&hellip
Maria Bamford: Staring Into the Void, Hilariously
December 17th, 2012 | by msalt
As a standup comic myself, there is no comedian I enjoy or respect more than Maria Bamford. Who, you ask? [&hellip
Mayan End Times, Road Movies and Ramblin’ Songs
December 15th, 2012 | by msalt
The predicted Mayan doomsday fits snugly into our recurring fascination with predicted apocalypses, usually from cultish preachers who rashly declare [&hellip
the daunting silence of a modern hermitage
December 13th, 2012 | by msalt
Franciscan monks just opened a new hermitage — a silent, reclusive retreat — on 40 acres hidden in the middle [&hellip
Drunken Kung Fu
December 11th, 2012 | by msalt
Jackie Chan played it for laughs in his breakout hit “Drunken Master” (1978) but it’s a real cultural tradition that [&hellip
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