buddhamania http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania the buddhaworld blog Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 this site has moved http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=37 http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=37#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:39:38 +0000 scott http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=37 we’re moving to a new blog this-a-way.

please make a note of it.

]]> http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?feed=rss2&p=37 0 Update http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=32 http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=32#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:03:53 +0000 scott http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=32 Since, let’s face it, The Worst Horse does it so well, there’s no need to have a million different sites documenting the wide and dizzying array of Buddhist kitch making its way into the mainstream.

Accordingly, the focus of this blog is shifting for a report of what’s happening out there to a report of what’s happening in here, i.e., what’s happening here at Buddhaworld.

Check this blog for news and announcements or technical notes about the project.

Feel free to leave comment on this post if you have questions or want to help build the site.

Thanks
scott

]]> http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?feed=rss2&p=32 0 just in time for Halloween http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=29 http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=29#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:26:44 +0000 scott http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=29 ]]> golden buddha costume

Oh. My. God.

Buy yours here.

]]> http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?feed=rss2&p=29 0 buddhist clock? http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=24 http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=24#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:54:50 +0000 scott http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=24 ]]> I don’t know if this is really a “Buddhist” clock or not (the site implies it’s more African than anything), but it looks unmistakably like mala beads to me — and it’s just freakin’ cool!

buddhist clock

FTA: “Each bead in the necklace is 5 minutes. The whole necklace is one solar day. The orange and red ones represent the whole hours. As the wheel turns, one bead falls off and drops down the string every 5 minutes. To tell the time you count the beads from either the silver bead (midnight) or the golden bead (noon) to the last bead that fell off the wheel.”

Read the whole thing.

]]> http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?feed=rss2&p=24 0 body of a god? http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=20 http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=20#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:35:19 +0000 scott http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=20 ]]> body of a god

Another “Buddha” t-shirt, this one from snorg tees, depicts a fat, happy Buddha…. who, um isn’t a god, by the way.

]]> http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?feed=rss2&p=20 0 alter madness http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=17 http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=17#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:32:19 +0000 scott http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=17 Alter Madness," they've asked folks to submit pictures of their alters and explanations of their ritual use. Check out the full list here.]]> It’s not so much “pop-culture,” but what The Worst Horse is doing these days is pretty cool. In a recurring piece called “Alter Madness,” they’ve asked folks to submit pictures of their alters and explanations of their ritual use.

Check out the full list here.

]]> http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?feed=rss2&p=17 0 free tibet http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=13 http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=13#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:26:05 +0000 scott http://www.buddha-world.org/buddhamania/?p=13 ]]> free tibet

This is so wrong it’s right.

From Bustedtees.

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