A one-year anniversary

Today is the one-year anniversary of the founding of this blog. It’s been a good experience for me, because through writing this blog, I have discovered many other interesting Buddhist blogs. Through them, I have been challenged and informed. You can see some of the blogs I like best in the blogroll here, under the heading “Zen Blogs.”

When I started it, I thought I would post one photo and one quotation to the blog each day for 108 days. That’s not how it turned out. I soon wanted to write other things related to my practice — not just quote the words of others. Also, the daily posting dropped away in February as I became busy with my homework for a university course in the traditions of Buddhism.

I like to think that even though this blog does not have a large readership, people might discover it through one search or another and gain something helpful or useful from what they find here. I appreciate all the supportive comments I have received.

What next? Don’t know!

Breathe.

5,000+ Buddhists in U.S. military

Air Force Cadets can practice inside a 300-square-foot Buddhist chapel at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., according to National Public Radio.

The chapel was paid for by the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism.

Out of 1.4 million people in the military, 5,287 identified themselves as Buddhists as of June 2009.

In September, NPR broadcast a story about the first-ever Buddhist chaplain in the U.S. Army.

Breathe.