The Marmot’s Hole

7 Comments

1. MichaelMichael
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 11:02 am | Permalink

   Korean Buddhist koan: What is the sound of one monk’s hand holding an iced Starbucks Frapuccino(TM)? As somebody who grew up listening to Alan Watts on NPR (yes, I’m that old) and reading D.T. Suzuki, I find the state of Buddhism a little dismal. I’ve heard things are better outside Seoul–maybe someone can enlighten me….

2. bighominid
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 10:27 pm | Permalink

   Those pics make me hungry, too.

   Kevin

3. Curious
   Posted May 16, 2005 at 10:46 pm | Permalink

   A diet of sportscars and paper lanterns…high in minerals and fiber!

4. R.elgin
   Posted May 17, 2005 at 9:47 am | Permalink

   I visited Gap-sa (close to Kongju) on Buddha’s Birthday. It was very nice, the free food was wonderful and saw a rather rare bird by the temple (?Œ”??‰?¡°). I’m not sure if it is common elsewhere but they also had this “sam-gak” display of three older Korean deities (Chil-seong, San-shin, Dok-seong) incorporated into one shrine at the temple. I had not seen that before.

5. Max
   Posted May 17, 2005 at 7:36 pm | Permalink

   Woowoo thanks for the additional shoutout! About to drop a truckload of Jeju photos on my blog too.

6. Curious
   Posted May 18, 2005 at 1:36 am | Permalink

   Ah, a new theme!

   Your blog is pretty much the central clearing house for general-interest, English-language discussions of all things Korean. Thanks for all your hard work in keeping it interesting.

   But I think I’ll stick with the Boseong tea green….

7. bulgasari
   Posted May 18, 2005 at 4:00 am | Permalink

   This was my favorite float in the Lotus Lantern parade…