Bad Buddhist vs. The Third Precept
Aware of the suffering caused by sexual misconduct, I am committed to cultivate responsibility and learn ways to protect the safety and integrity of individuals, couples, families, and society. I am determined not to engage in sexual relations without love and a long-term commitment. To preserve the happiness of myself and others, I am determined to respect my commitments and the commitments of others. I will do everything in my power to protect children from sexual abuse and to prevent couples and families from being broken by sexual misconduct. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Bad Buddhist vs. Four Noble Truths—Dukkha
Dukkha, you win. You have stopped me and my blog in our tracks.The First Noble Truth, dukkha, is the fact of suffering: that which gives rise to the feeling of "get me the hell out of here." The Second Noble Truth, samudaya, is the fact of the "get me the hell out of here" response. That the second follows the first is the essence of the human condition. It's so true, so universally, unmitigatedly true, that it earned the title of "noble".

Bad Buddhist vs. Yoga
Whew! Made it through the precepts (barely). Seems like a good time to take a break from scripture, stand up, move around a bit, stretch.You'd think that someone who finds it difficult to sit still and focus for 20 minutes of zen meditation would do a bit better at yoga. Yoga is like meditation with treats: every new pose is like a bright, shiny object that provides a few moments of entertainment for the restless mind — a brief respite from the impatience and

Bad Buddhist vs. Bourgeois Heroes
Looks like Bad Buddhist is also a bad Marxist, I'm genuinely sad to say. I kinda wanted to be good at one of them.While Marx made some bizarre predictions (seriously, a revolution that actually accomplishes an egalitarian society and is the culmination of human history — forever?), he also gave us a way to talk about tricky stuff like false consciousness.(Just to get it out of the way

Bad Buddhist vs. the Lord (and Celine Dion)
A crazy thing happened to me today.I had an uplifting experience — at church.It never should have happened. I don't do church. Or God, or Jesus, or any of that. I get very grouchy about things like separation of church and state (or the lack thereof) and Mormons drinking Coke and rich greedy plutocrats pretending to be upright Christians. The closest thing to a higher power I'm able to stomach is Flying Spaghetti Monster (may we all be touched by His noodly appendage).But today I went, with a friend of mine who is v