William B. TurnerDeath Is No Big DealOne problem, sort of, with being on the Buddhist path is that Buddhists tend to hold unusual opinions on topics that many people in the…·4 min read·Mar 6, 2023--1--1
William B. TurnerThe Belligerent BuddhistNearly every Buddhist teacher I know of, okay, every Buddhist teacher I know of, presents themselves as very kind and mild mannered. Okay…·5 min read·Feb 20, 2023----
William B. TurnerPeople Are CrazyIncluding you and me. Tibetan Buddhist master Chogyam Trungpa liked to use “neuroses” as his modern, westernized term to help explain…·4 min read·Feb 17, 2023----
William B. TurnerThe Anthropormorphizing AbsurdityChristians love to appeal to “nature,” especially when they are being nasty and picking on people. This is especially easy with transgender…·4 min read·Feb 6, 2023----
William B. TurnerYou Need a Hole in Your HeadMine’s in the back. Yours may show up elsewhere. Everyone is different.·2 min read·Jan 29, 2023----
William B. TurnerJust Doing What Christians DoI’m passing the proverbial hat, or the plate, as the Episcopalians of my youth would say. They were kind of like soup plates. My parents…·2 min read·Jan 26, 2023----
William B. TurnerRed State Vihara, AgainI keep thinking that I need to advertise Red State Vihara more than I do. I suck at self promotion.·3 min read·Jan 20, 2023----
William B. TurnerFake Yourself OutThe combination of the Buddha’s teaching that we are already awake, or enlightened, or whatever you want to call it, we just don’t realize…·2 min read·Jan 19, 2023----
William B. TurnerYou Don’t Really Need to ThinkIf you stop and think about it (!), you will notice that, when you have a thought, you necessarily already knew what you were about to…·2 min read·Jan 9, 2023----