March 19, 2007
Out of circulation
A few days ago the hard drive on my relatively ancient laptop (4 years: how technology underscores the notion of impermance!) started making disturbing buzzing noises; the sounds have become so alarming that I am putting the poor machine out of commission. On a related note of identity-challenging experiences, I just returned from 4 days with my parents in California. No one, but no one, is better equipped to totally dismantle the frameworks of one’s sense of adult competence than one’s parents, and mine play their role with great skill, for which a grateful gassho and metta-bow.
Anyway, these two events have put a damper on my blogging activity for the last week or so. Hope to get back to it soon.
I am musing on the role of evangelism in religions; both Christianity and Buddhism has healthy components of this activity. Where does one draw the line between a healthy commpassionate desire that all beings obtain liberation, and an arrogant presumption as to what that liberation ought to consist of?
Of course, these thoughts are completely random and have absolutely nothing to do with certain recent experiences in certain Sunday morning evangelical church services attended in fulfillment of certain filial obligations…