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Here is the links page from the now-defunct Barefoot Fool blog.

More links may be found at The Temple Guy.

The Barefoot Fool

Fool-Links

Blogs

• Prince Roy's Realm j.d., diplomat, china hand, inquirer into buddhism

• Shenzhen Zen wordsmith, despoiler of virgins, bloodhound of truth

• Big White Guy an interesting view of life in Hong Kong, our neighbor "south of the border"

• China Blog List the mother of all China Blog Lists

• In the Spirit not actually a blog, but a record of one man's search for the Unity of All Religions--in Orange County, CA

China Resources

• Shenzhen Daily Shenzhen's (almost) daily English newspaper

• ShenzhenParty.com The name says it all

• Window of Shenzhen Blatant boosterism—and a lot of data

• People's Daily By their own account, "People's Daily brings you the latest news dispatches of policy information and resolutions of the Chinese Government and major domestic news and international news releases from China. It reflects the views of the Chinese people, expounds on justice and lambasts various forms of malpractice."  See them lambast.

Chinese Buddhism

• Hsi Lai Temple One of the West's largest Buddhist temples, near Los Angeles

• Hsi Lai University (Now The University of the West) Sponsored by Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order, which also built Hsi Lai Temple

• Buddha's Light Publishing The publishing arm of Fo Guang Shan

General Resources

• The Sacred Text Archive A remarkable collection of texts from many of the world's religions

• The Literature Page Free, full texts of hundreds of great works

• The Harvard Classics The venerable "Five Foot Shelf of Books" of the western tradition

• The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna An alternate translation (that is, not the one-volume edition) of the words of a modern unitive thinker

• From Primitives to Zen Mircea Eliade's masterful anthology in full text

• The Intratext Digital Library Classical and technical texts in many languages

• The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy Lists of "what every American should know"

• Bartleby The mother of all online text projects

The Best of "The Barefoot Fool"

When Banzan was walking through a market he overheard a conversation between a butcher and his customer.

"Give me the best piece of meat you have," said the customer.

"Everything in my shop is the best," replied the butcher.  "You cannot find here any piece of meat that is not the best."

At these words Banzan became enlightened.

Paul Reps, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

 

I'll list significant entries here--if I ever have any.

[Note: I guess I never did!]