Brushy Mountain Dharma Bum

I continue to stumble along the path.

Author: drjparker

Meditation – some thoughts and background

Writing about a dharma journey without exploring meditation would be possible but probably not for me. What is meditation? B.K.S. Iyengar (2002) teaches us  “dhyana is not self-induced trance.” Meditation is a contemplative practice. Meditation takes on many forms. the Vijñāna Bhairava Tantra (Radiance Sutras) suggests over 100 ways to meditate (Roche & Rea, 2014). […]

What is the dharma?

When did I first learn about the dharma? The true answer would be I don’t know. The most likely answer is when I took a course in comparative religion when I was a sophomore in college. Did I understand the material I was trying to retain? I think I got a B in the class […]

Why Brushy Mountain?

I am not in prison at the Brushy Mountain Prison in Petros, TN (the prison was closed in 2009) nor have I ever been. I did however grow up in Wilkes County, NC and live there once again. The Brushy Mountains are a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains which are separated from the main […]

Trying again

I started this blog too long ago to actually remember and I only made a few posts. I am trying to start again and I think I may actually have saved some of the old material so I will post that again. The reason for the total stoppage and reboot was malware attacks that caused […]