Sins
Pride
Avarice/Greed
Envy
Wrath/Anger
Lust
Gluttony
Sloth
Virtues
Humility
Generosity
Love
Kindness
Self-control
Faith and Temperance
Zeal
Thursday, October 28, 2004
The Three Poisons, The Five Passions, and The Five Hindrances
The Three Poisons
Greed
Anger
Ignorance
The Five Passions
"The five passions embrace excessive desire for wealth, women, reputation and over-indulgence in food and sleep. It is the passion which blinds the eyes. It is also the passion which leads us to go astray. Therefore, all evil is engendered by passion. When the eyes are opened, the absence of lust makes us see things as they really are. As a matter of fact, worldly pleasures are the bait, and the result is pain."
- Dr. Tencheng Liao; Annotation of translation of Lokottama's Chinese version of The Englightenment Sutra
The Five Hindrances
Sensual desire
Ill-will
Sloth and Torpor
Restlessness and Worry
Skeptical Doubt
Greed
Anger
Ignorance
The Five Passions
"The five passions embrace excessive desire for wealth, women, reputation and over-indulgence in food and sleep. It is the passion which blinds the eyes. It is also the passion which leads us to go astray. Therefore, all evil is engendered by passion. When the eyes are opened, the absence of lust makes us see things as they really are. As a matter of fact, worldly pleasures are the bait, and the result is pain."
- Dr. Tencheng Liao; Annotation of translation of Lokottama's Chinese version of The Englightenment Sutra
The Five Hindrances
Sensual desire
Ill-will
Sloth and Torpor
Restlessness and Worry
Skeptical Doubt
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Monday, October 11, 2004
Measurements
Tuxedo Jacket: 38R
Waist: 30 in.
Outseam: 40 in.
Inseam: 32 in.
Neck: 15.5 in.
Sleve: 34 in.
Shoes: 9 1/2
Waist: 30 in.
Outseam: 40 in.
Inseam: 32 in.
Neck: 15.5 in.
Sleve: 34 in.
Shoes: 9 1/2
Monday, October 04, 2004
Osaka Dialect
Osaka Dialect
Standard Japanese
English
Honnma
Honntou
very much
Standard Japanese
English
Okini
Arigatou
Thank you
Arigatou
Thank you
Honnma
Honntou
very much
annta
anata
you
anata
you
atai
watashi
me
watashi
me
honde
soshite
and
soshite
and
nanndeyanen
doushite
why
doushite
why
otu/okan
titi/haha
father/mother
titi/haha
father/mother
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
La Vie En Rose
Version française
Des yeux qui font baisser les miens
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche
Voilà le portrait sans retouche
De l'homme auquel j'appartiens
Quand il me prend dans ses bras,
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose,
Il me dit des mots d'amour
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ça me fait quelque chose
Il est entré dans mon coeur,
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause,
C'est lui pour moi,
Moi pour lui dans la vie
Il me l'a dit, l'a juré
Pour la vie.
Et dès que je l'aperçois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat.
Des nuits d'amour à plus finir
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place
Des ennuis, des chagrins s'effacent
Heureux, heureux à en mourir
Des yeux qui font baisser les miens
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche
Voilà le portrait sans retouche
De l'homme auquel j'appartiens
Quand il me prend dans ses bras,
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose,
Il me dit des mots d'amour
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ça me fait quelque chose
Il est entré dans mon coeur,
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause,
C'est lui pour moi,
Moi pour lui dans la vie
Il me l'a dit, l'a juré
Pour la vie.
Et dès que je l'aperçois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat.
Des nuits d'amour à plus finir
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place
Des ennuis, des chagrins s'effacent
Heureux, heureux à en mourir
BOurgeois BOhemians: BoBo's
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,6903,319350,00.html
"The epitome of casual 'geek chic' and organised within the warranty of their Palm Pilots, they sip labour-intensive café lattes, chat on sleek cellphones and ponder the road to enlightenment. In the US they worry about the environment as they drive their gas-guzzling sports utility vehicles to emporiums of haute design to buy a $50 titanium spatula; they think about their tech stocks as they explore speciality shops for Tibetan artefacts in Everest-worthy hiking boots. They think nothing of laying out $5 for a wheatgrass muff, much less $500 for some alternative rejuvenation at the day-spa - but don't talk about raising their taxes."
"The epitome of casual 'geek chic' and organised within the warranty of their Palm Pilots, they sip labour-intensive café lattes, chat on sleek cellphones and ponder the road to enlightenment. In the US they worry about the environment as they drive their gas-guzzling sports utility vehicles to emporiums of haute design to buy a $50 titanium spatula; they think about their tech stocks as they explore speciality shops for Tibetan artefacts in Everest-worthy hiking boots. They think nothing of laying out $5 for a wheatgrass muff, much less $500 for some alternative rejuvenation at the day-spa - but don't talk about raising their taxes."
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Japanese and Korean Teas
oksusucha (kr. corn tea)
mugicha (barley tea, often served cold on ice; kr. bori cha)
sencha ("roasted tea", most common tea of japan)
bancha ("common tea", lower grade then sencha)
gyokuro ("jade dew", highest grade tea)
mecha (between sencha and gyokuro)
hukamushi (sencha which is steamed longer)
kabuse-cha ("covered tea", sencha grown in shade)
kamairi-cha ("pan-fired tea", similar to Chinese pan-fried teas)
kukicha ("stalk tea", twigs of tea leaves)
genmaicha (tea and rosted brown rice)
konacha (coarsely ground tea)
matcha (powdered tea from young gyokuro leaves)
houjicha (roasted green tea)
rei-cha (cold green tea)
mugicha (barley tea, often served cold on ice; kr. bori cha)
sencha ("roasted tea", most common tea of japan)
bancha ("common tea", lower grade then sencha)
gyokuro ("jade dew", highest grade tea)
mecha (between sencha and gyokuro)
hukamushi (sencha which is steamed longer)
kabuse-cha ("covered tea", sencha grown in shade)
kamairi-cha ("pan-fired tea", similar to Chinese pan-fried teas)
kukicha ("stalk tea", twigs of tea leaves)
genmaicha (tea and rosted brown rice)
konacha (coarsely ground tea)
matcha (powdered tea from young gyokuro leaves)
houjicha (roasted green tea)
rei-cha (cold green tea)