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Sunday, March 28, 2004 |
| Commodification of Irreverence One of the reasons zen buddhism is no longer a full contact sport is that our culture has commodified irreverence. Irreverence is packaged and crammed down our throats every night. So, those who turn to buddhism or any other alternative, seeking refuge from the dominant culture are probably going to want it solemn and dour and without all the cackling laughter. The minute something in our culture gets held up as an object of seriousness and piousness, it is immediately ridiculed. We are really good at that and I celebrate it every day. One example that comes to mind is the tourist guy on the world trade center. I had a few days to take in the tragedy and then I was laughing myself silly at this. So what do you do if you are looking for an alternative but the media has packaged the alternatives, when you scream the word "NOW" but find out it's just a CD that you can buy? You sit and find a quiet center and let the 10,000 things come to you instead of rushing out to meet them. 7:08:38 AM  comment []
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