Comments on: “My E-Dharma Dilemma” — a guest post by Sumi Loundon Kim

By: progressiveinsurance

progressiveinsurance — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:37:38 +0000

My sweet lord! This was an incredibly neurotic article.

By: billy name

billy name — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:36:45 +0000

namaste.

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Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:32:39 +0000

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By: Joseph Bengivenni

Joseph Bengivenni — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:10:31 +0000

In Korean temples, at the end of the evening ceremonies, people turn to one anther and softly speak, “Seong Bul Hashipshi-yo.” (May you become a Buddha)

I enjoyed using that one for a while, although I only used it written in Korean.
My monk friend usually signs out, “With palms together,” there are many as such that my friends play around with. I don’t think any of us have one that we stick to~

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Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:09:15 +0000

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By: Konchog

Konchog — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:43:07 +0000

Forgot to mention, for my impossibly het, macho male friends, I always use “xxoo”.

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Shambhala Sun Space » How should Buddhists sign off on email? — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:11:20 +0000

[...] “How should one Buddhist sign off on an email to another Buddhist? It’s no big deal, right? Wrong. It is way more complicated than you can imagine,” says Sumi Loundon Kim in a guest post over at the ever-hip Buddhist pop- and sub-culture site The Worst Horse. [...]

By: David Makinster

David Makinster — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:31:30 +0000

Hi, Sumi.

Many people in the sangha I recently left (long story) use “palms together.”

There are two reasons for this.

First of all, people who don’t follow a Japanese traditon (Zen or Shin or Nichiren or whatever), don’t necessarily know what “gassho” means. One person mistook it for a sneeze. Another got totally pissy about my using “esoteric” words.

The second reason is that our sensei began closing his missives with “palms together.” Monkey mind see, monkey mind do. (Not a put-down. I am unduly fond of monkeys.)

What I like best is a Hinglish phrase I picked up from Bollywood films: “Ok, bye.”

So, happy holidays. I MISS YOU! Ok, bye.

By: Meditation zeitgeist, Dec 22, 2008 | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation

Meditation zeitgeist, Dec 22, 2008 | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:38:21 +0000

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By: Jolie

Jolie — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:34:01 +0000

Looks like one person’s “neurotic” is another’s mindfulness!

Great post Sumi. I also have pondered this question-every day, now that I think of it. I don’t use metta so much anymore and rely on the old xxoo more often than not, but sometimes wonder if my more serious dharma-student friends see this sign off as a bit flip. In which case I use All the best.

Boogers to all,
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