Al Billings
About: Mozilla QA Engineer currently finishing a Master's degree in Humanities on the esoteric beliefs of a Victorian secret society. Blogger and occasional podcaster on topics of spirituality, technology, and society. Also, currently studying to be a Buddhist priest and contemplating trying to achieve a doctorate at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
Blog Posts
Karmapa as Dalai Lama’s Regent?
--I just saw this article at the Times Online today. An excerpt is below: Dalai Lama may appoint a regent to succeed him The Dalai Lama, Tibet’...
Drafting a Statement of Purpose
--My application for the doctoral program at the Graduate Theological Union is just about complete. The PhD that I would like to mentor my work there...
More posts on the One Sangha blog
--I sent my post on clergy the other day to the One Sangha blog in an attempt to finally get that moving. I noticed this evening, when looking throug...
Vegetarianism and Food or Backsliding
--After some study and reflection on a proper vegetarian diet recently, I’ve really been thinking about what I am eating. I’ve also been ...
Buddhist Clergy in America and the 21st Century
--I have been pondering what it means to be Buddhist clergy in America and the 21st century lately. My orientation in this sense is in the non-monas...
Interview with John Yorke about his father and Crowley
--I just came across this interview with John Yorke by the Julian Doyle. John Yorke is the son of Gerald Yorke. The elder Yorke was a close associate...
