Summary: Podcast Episode 30: Zen Gardens, Home Shrines, Conversion, and Reviews Welcome back, this is Daily Buddhism audio show number thirty. I'm Brian Schell, your host for the show. You can find the text for everything in this show and all past episodes on our website at www.dailybuddhism.com . A few brief announcements this Week: This week I installed a poll plugin onto the DB site. If you'd like to help me test it out, there's a really simple poll on there right now: “Which do you prefer, the audio show, email, PDF Magazine or website?” It's not an important question; I'm just testing the software. But if you want to put in your answer, it's on the right- Taooftheday.comhand side of any page. The Weekly Buddhism PDF Magazine Issue #5 will be available later this weekend, but as I mentioned in previous shows, is now subscription-only. We talked about rates last week, so I'll skip that this time, but I will remind you where to go whether you want just this single issue or a full subscription. Go to www.weeklybuddhism.com which will take you straight to the page for the magazine. Also, I have noticed that the topics we are getting into are getting more and more advanced. There's nothing at all wrong with that, it's a natural progression, but it seems likely that there are plenty of new listeners out there. I recently put all the old audio shows back online, so anyone can go back and listen to the early ones. Those shows are older, and the audio quality isn't too good on a few of them, but content-wise, they are the most important of all of them. If anyone has any questions about that early material, don't hesitate to send me an email. I have no problem re-visiting the basics. If you would like me to re-address any of those topics in the near future, that's fine with me; it's probably a good idea to get back to basics once in a while. But now, on with this week's show! [Read the past five blog posts or emails for contents of the show] This Week's Links Zen Gardens http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/497 It's NOT a Zen Garden: http://www.rothteien.com/superbait/zenviewpoints.htm Desktop Zen Garden Kit: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005OUHD?tag=askdrarca-20 Book: Here You Are, By Mayke Beckmann Briggs http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/503 Buy from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0977646912?tag=askdrarca-20 Becoming a Buddhist: Conversion Rituals http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/508 Older DB Articles on the topic: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/115 http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/172 Tibetan Conversion Ceremony: http://www.parami.org/duta/buddhist.htm Review: Zen and Now Timepiece http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/514 Now and Zen Company Site: http://www.now-zen.com Setting Up A Home Buddhist Shrine http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/523 Weekly Buddhism Subscription Info: http://www.dailybuddhism.com/weekly-buddhism
