Tibetan BuddhaDharma, music, reading, messing around/playing my guitar, good films, watching videos of all sorts of randomness on youtube, the 4UM, messing around with turntables, talk radio, writing reviews, friends, quiet and loud times and the many other various and wonderful aspects of life.
Music
First and for most all love and praise to Björk. Then in no particular order: Incubus, Rage Against The Machine, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Sigur Rós, Portishead, Massive Attack, The Sugarcubes, Pixies, Radiohead, Oasis, Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, The Shins, Beck, Talking Heads, My Morning Jacket, Set Fire to Flames, Goldfrapp, PJ Harvey, The Breeders, Stereolab, Air, soundpool, Animal Collective, Tickley Feathers, Joanna Newsom, 808 State, Tricky, Moby, Múm, Joy Division, The Cure, Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance, The Arcade Fire, Galaxie 500, M.I.A., DJ Shadow, Kid Koala, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Matmos, Zenna Parkins, Tanya Tagaq Gillis, Patti Smith, Nine Inch Nails, Mogwai, Lighting Bolt, Emiliana Torrini, Tori Amos, Cat Power, R.E.M., Antony and the Johnsons, Bob Dyaln, Bob Marley, My Bloody Valentine, Pavement, Belle and Sebastian, Interpol, AFI, Kukl, Sublime, Bad Religion, Black Sabbath, Tool, Slayer, Outkast, Beastie Boys, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Queens of the Stone Age, Konono N°1, The Beatles, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Yann Tiersen, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Sonic Youth, and the ritual music and chanting of Tibetan Monks.
Movies
Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mars Attacks, Sleepy Hollow, Ghostbusters 1&2, Clerks, Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Eraserhead, La Dolce vita, 8 1/2, Heima, Adaptation, Into Great Silence, The Seventh Seal, The Virgin Spring, American Beauty, The Doors, The Virgin Suicides, Bram Stokers Dracula, Casablanca, The Shawshank Redemption, Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion, Little Buddha, Ghost World, Screaming Masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spirited Away, Tekkonkinkreet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Cup, Vajra Sky Over Tibet, Wheel of Time, Yogis of Tibet: A Film for Posterity, Element Skate videos, Drawing Restraint 9, Crash, Inside Björk, Björk: Vessel, All Björk Concerts, and The Collected videos of: Björk, Radiohead, Michel Gondry, and Chris Cunningham.
Television
I'm not one much for television I'll find stuff that interest me but other than that I regard it as quite stupid. My top shows: The Adventures of Pete and Pete, MTVs Daria, X Files, Entourage and The Adventures of The Real Ghostbusters.
Books
Words of My Perfect Teacher by Patrul Rinpoche, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher by Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva, The Sutras and Tantras of Buddhism, The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones: The Practice of View, Meditation, and Action: A Discourse Virtuous in the Beginning, Middle, and End by Patrul Rinpoche w/ commentary by HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation: The Wish-Fulfilling Gem of the Noble Teachings by Dharma Lord Gampopa, The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva by Ngolchu Thogme Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche, Awakened One a Life of the Buddha by Sherab Chödzin Kohn, An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World by Pankaj Mishra, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Lord of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, Hellboy series by Mike Mignola, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Letter To A Christian Nation by Sam Harris, Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion, 1984 by George Orwell, Animal Farm by George Orwell, On Writing by Stephen King, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley, Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley, Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille, Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, Dracula by Bram Stoker, Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, The Eletric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, Ghost World by Daniel Clowes, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Tales by H.P. Lovecraft, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, The Stranger by Albert Camus, The Plague by Albert Camus, The Trial by Franz Kafka, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson, The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire, and E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962 by e.e. cummings
Heroes
My Precious Teacher The Venerable Tulku Nyima Gyaltsen Rinpoche, The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times, The Root and Lineage Lamas, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche, Björk Guðmundsdóttir, and any one acts with a kind heart and good intentions.
About me: I'm a twenty two years old living in Montgomery county Maryland and have earned my degree in printing technology. I've lived at my present location since June 02, 2004 and have been and currently living a very enjoyable life. My main loves/friends are at work, in the local area and on the Björk 4UM, which is the main reason I've joined myspace. I'm Tibetan Buddhist and very dedicated to the Dharma and studying under my percious teacher The Venerable Tulku Nyima Gyaltsen Rinpoche whom I love very, very much. I'm all over the board with moods and emotions but I try to live and go through life with a kind heart and improve everyday. I enjoy making meaningful connections with people and just talking and getting to know and enjoying the many people and places I meet. :)
Who I'd like to meet: Björk along with her husband artist Matthew Barney. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin, P.J. Harvey, Tori Amos, Emiliana Torrini, All my 4UM friends, The members of the band: incubus, rage against the machine, sigur ròs, smashing pumpkins, sonic youth, and radiohead. Also any one who takes the time to read this - thanks!
The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances. Atisha
This existance of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky. Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.
Buddha
Peace and Love to you always~ Have a beautiful weekend Jordan~Barbara
"All the peace and happiness of the whole globe, the peace and happiness of societies, the peace and happiness of family, the peace and happiness in the individual persons' life, and the peace and happiness of even the animals and so forth, all depends on having loving kindness toward each other." Lama Zopa Rinpoche
"All the peace and happiness of the whole globe, the peace and happiness of societies, the peace and happiness of family, the peace and happiness in the individual persons' life, and the peace and happiness of even the animals and so forth, all depends on having loving kindness toward each other." Lama Zopa Rinpoche
“An analogy for bodhichitta is the rawness of a broken heart. Sometimes this broken heart gives birth to anxiety and panic, sometimes to anger, resentment, and blame. But under the hardness of that armor there is the tenderness of genuine sadness. This is our link with all those who have ever loved. This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we’re arrogant and soften us when we are unkind. It awakens us when we prefer to sleep and pierces through our indifference. This continual ache of the heart is a blessing that when accepted fully can be shared with all. ”
~Pema Chodron~
I hope you are doing well...
Sharing love and hugs,Take care, Barbara
“An analogy for bodhichitta is the rawness of a broken heart. Sometimes this broken heart gives birth to anxiety and panic, sometimes to anger, resentment, and blame. But under the hardness of that armor there is the tenderness of genuine sadness. This is our link with all those who have ever loved. This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we’re arrogant and soften us when we are unkind. It awakens us when we prefer to sleep and pierces through our indifference. This continual ache of the heart is a blessing that when accepted fully can be shared with all. ”
~Pema Chodron~
I hope you are doing well...
Sharing love and hugs,Take care, Barbara
I'm so glad you made it out last night. It was nice seeing you again. Thank you so much for the lovely gift. I can't wait to read it and start on my own crazy t-shirt creations. It was a very thoughtful gift. Hopefully the next time I see you things will be less hectic and we will be able to chat and catch up.
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