Summary: Welcome back! This is Episode 18 of the Daily Buddhism, and I'm your host, Brian Schell. Weekly Announcements: I have just a couple of quick announcements today. First, I am now on Twitter. I am not completely sure what it's good for yet, but I'm in the process f playing around with it. If you'd like, you can go to http://twitter.com/DailyBuddhism And click on “Follow” to follow me. I'll do a return follow on anyone who does. If you don't know what Twitter is, it's something like a huge message board or chat room with many very tiny messages. It's hard to describe. But from their FAQ: What is it? Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Again, it's just something I'm playing with. Let's give it a try and see if we can have some fun with it. Next, an update on the donation situation: I did get a few more donations this week, and I can finally say the studio microphone I bought back around episode 7 is now paid off. For the next Daily Buddhism “investment,” I want to get a voice mail phone number so you guys can call in with your questions and I can play your comments “on the air.” I think it would make the show more entertaining, and would allow more people to ask questions; not everyone wants to type up an email question. If you've thought about sending in a donation, it's not too late to help out. Thanks for all your support so far, and keep up the good work. And now, on with the show! [Last Week's messages and comments and articles here] Links from the show: Compassion: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/127 Faith or Not? http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/128 The Pesky Fifth Precept: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/129 Intoxicant Debate was in the comments section of: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/129 and http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/99 (My defense wasn't as good as I would have liked, help me out!) Koan: Great Waves http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/130 Dhammapada Chapter 2: On Earnestness http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/131
