Welcome
Welcome to my weblog. I'm Dharmavidya David Brazier. My Buddhist name, Dharmavidya (Fa Ming in Chinese, Homyo in Japanese) means "radiance of Dharma". What a thing to have to live up to! All errors and heresies herein are entirely my own responsibility!
There are different sections to this weblog concerned with day to day or longer term matters and you can find your way around by using the "Categories" and the "Recent Posts" sections on the left. I've tried to make the categories simple and straightforward. The diary section is most frequently up-dated. I write. You can check out book news or read my poetry. I like writing in different styles and recently added a light hearted section called Amida Cool.
Regarding myself: I am married and have three children and three step children - all grown up and out of the nest. My role in life is to be Head of a Buddhist religious order called the Amida Order and that also makes me an Officer of the Amida Trust. You can pick up Amida news at http://amidatrust.typepad.com/amidanews/.
I have a very pleasing life full of diversity shared with some wonderful people. I would find it difficult to imagine a happier life within the frame of Earthly existence. My wife Prasada is also a Buddhist priest and we enjoy having a shared vocation. We are also both authors.
You can check out my philosophy by clicking this link. The picture above shows the cover of my latest book and the other picture shows me with some of my younger Buddhist friends on a rooftop in India.
Questions: There is a section in the weblog called "Questions in the Sand". This replaces a previous separate weblog of that name. If you want to address questions to me about religious or philosophical questions or about faith and practice, send them to me by e-mail to dharmavidya@amidatrust.com with "Questions in the Sand" in the subject line and the answers will appear in this section in due course.
I also write Pastoral Letters. These are primarily intended for members of Amida-shu but anybody can read them. They are found in a separate weblog at http://amidatrust.typepad.com/pastoral/. You may also enjoy another weblog that I moderate called Interlog, which is concerned with Buddhist - Christisn topics.
I hope you enjoy reading this weblog. Do feel free to add comments. Very best wishes. Dharmavidya
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