This isn’t the interesting, focussed blog you might have been looking for…

"Pica Pica" has replaced my old blog at google, but without the dharma related material, which has gone to the chagchen site under the DangZang title, and without the translation material, which is now at my work site.

Oh yes, it's by Alex Wilding

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  • Stomach ulcers amongst Tibetan monks
    Coincidentally this article is from the ABC and refers to people in Sydney! http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2010/s2915471.htm Not astounding, but interesting all the same. […]
  • Slow activity
    Yes, things have been very slow here. I’ve been preparing to move across the world again, and the move is now due to happen in the next few days. I should resurface in the “land of the moon”, Lunigiana, the northern tip of Tuscany, in one or two weeks time, and I hope that things will […]
  • Is Buddhism changing, and is that a corruption?
    Recently I was asked: Do you think that Tibetan Buddhism (and Buddhism) have been corrupted by Western influences? It seems like most Westerners interpret, or want to interpret, Buddhism as a religion with a much more social-activist and political bent. This is probably partly because most Westerners are pretty ignorant of Buddhism. However, as Westerner [.. […]
  • The wheel of life and death
    Tony Blair from top to bottom […]
  • Karmapa’s visit to Europe
    This news is well-known now, but I wanted to add my enthusiasm: http://www.karmapa-in-europe.net/ […]
  • Apple connives with the PRC government
    Dalai Lama purged from Apple apps in China […]
  • “Faith Traditions”- what?
    "Faith tradition" emasculates spirituality […]
  • Why am I not excited?
    His Holiness the Dalai Lama is in Sydney […]
Sunday June 14th, 2009. Posted by Alex:

Global Free Information?

First off, a declaration that this thought started with an article by Gary Feuerberg in the Epoch Times; the article also refers to a site concerned with undermining democracy.

Feuerberg’s article summarizes a report entitled “Undermining Democracy: 21st Century Authoritarians,” released on Capitol Hill, June 4 – the 20th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre – sponsored by Freedom House, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia. Its 80 pages find that four authoritarian states—China, Russia, Iran, and Venezuela—are setting forth a new authoritarian model for countries to follow, and that they have the resources and sophistication to be highly influential in the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Wednesday June 3rd, 2009. Posted by Alex:

Tiananmen Square

Let us not forget. 20 years ago tomorrow. Here is one article in the Wall Street Journal.