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I’m a Yankee Doodle Buddha A Yankee Doodle, do or die A real live nephew of my Uncle Shantideva Born in the 8th Century I’ve got a Yankee Doodle dharma It’s my Yankee Doodle joy Yankee Doodle came to America Just to hype some phonies I am the Yankee Doodle Buddha Boy (Apologies to Geo. [...]
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The Buddha is really to be known by his Dharma body (dharma-kaya), not is corporeal body. When the Dharma body transmigrates (samsara) it is called “sentient being” while in and for itself there is no such transmigration. This body ... Read Post

My colleague Kallie Szczepanski, Guide to Asian History, links to this 8th century Korean buddha and asks her readers if they have a favorite buddha. That's a good question. I've... Read Post

He's a Yankee Doodle Jesse A Yankee Doodle do or die A real live nephew of the Ku Klux Klan Died on the Fourth of... ... Read Post