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Dogo Barry Graham
• I'm just a man trying to live life with kindness and without causing harm - a daily vow and a daily failure.
• I'm a Zen Buddhist monk, a social activist and a writer.
• If you find value in this blog and would like to support our activities, all donations will be accepted with profound gratitude.
• I'm from Scotland, but have wandered far, and now live in Phoenix, Arizona, where the orange blossom meets the smog.
• I've had four novels and a book of stories published.
• My book on Zen, Kill Your Self, will be published by New World Library in 2009.
• I've written articles for national magazines, including Harper's, Flaunt and Parabola.
• My poetry has been published in magazines and anthologies, and I've had a stage play and a short film produced.
• I've witnessed two executions, invited each time by the prisoner, not the state.
• I'm on the Board of Directors of The Engaged Zen Foundation.
• I'm the Guiding Teacher of The Sitting Frog Zen Sangha.
Comments
so sad.
no excuses.
I mean, I understand that people do think that way -- or at least, it looks like they do -- but I just don't understand how. Even if he thought that he had to do it, didn't he have some doubts? Some regrets?
How?
It's something that we Westerners have to come to terms with - there are cultures where women are kept under strict control, where men's authority is the final word, and where violence is often the solution to a great many problems. This is the true "clash of civilizations," and there are no easy answers for it.
In our own context, how do we "educate" inveterate racists and homophobes? How do we convince child abusers and spouse beaters not to do what they do? How do you carry on constructive and persuasive dialogue with paranoid survivalists hiding in the mountains?