Ryan Vong

Ryan Vong 33, Male San Jose, CA, United States: ryanvong; Share

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Science and Buddhism intersection

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Of little importance is the loss of such things as wealth. But a terrible thing is to lose wisdom. Of little importance is the gaining of such things as wealth. Great is the importance of gaining wisdom. - Buddha...

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Hometown:: San Jose, CA

About Me:: Most importantly, I am a husband, father, brother, son, and time-wise in that order. My passion and field of expertise is in web technology, and I currently work as the Director of Interactive for a Silicon Valley based agency.

This site was created through the inspiration of the book Buddha or Bust where I was introduced to some of the Buddha's teachings and the idea of socially engaged Buddhism. The goal of this site is to bridge our interconnectedness using the web in hopes that the sharing of knowledge and ideas will facilitate changes in the world.

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Byodo Temple

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Olympic Torch - San Francisco

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Pangea Day - May 10, 2008

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"Interbeing" the innerconnectedness of all things

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What does it mean to be Buddhist?

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At 10:28pm on August 20th, 2008, Dharmakara said…: Ryan, I hope this finds you happy and well. I don't really subscribe to the traditional "teacher/student" relationship because I believe a teacher will at times become a student and a student will at times become a teacher.

In other words, our practice of the Dharma exists in the "present moment" and our understanding of it is never stagnant, but always maturing and developing as Dharma gates are thrown open.

A discussion/forum could be created from the practices of the Bodhisattva Mahasattva, which I've already uploaded as blog enteries, but I can't guarantee that I will always have the time to participate, so it would be important to have a couple of moderators with a basic knowledge of dialectics --- this way the discussion doesn't ramble off the path and into a ditch, so to speak.

Neutrality is also important because the equanimity of the Bodhisattva spirit means that one does not forsake the Mahayana or the Theravada for one or the other, nor should one be considered greater than the other. Such distinctions do not exist with proper practice, especially when the practice is grounded in the Paramitas.

Let me know what you think.

Metta.

At 1:16am on August 12th, 2008, Zi Zhui said…: Hi Ryan, I do not know whether I have done this previously, but if I did; kindly bear with me. I simply wish to express my gratitude for your effort to have put this site at our disposal. I think it is great to have a site where we as Buddhist can interact with one another over the net on a daily basis. Engaged Buddhism is already starting to feel like my net home.

Thank you very much

-Z

At 12:51pm on August 6th, 2008, Craig Anthony said…: hey, thanks

At 4:56pm on August 1st, 2008, Dan said…: Hi Ryan,

Thanks for asking and no I haven't had too much luck finding other socially engaged buddhist organisations or buddhist NGOs in South America except for the one you told me about in Argentina. However I haven't had too much time to look lately because I've been busy doing volunteer work in El Salvador but I plan to get searching again soon and if you hear of any others that's be great to know.

Thanks a lot!

Dan

At 5:59am on July 1st, 2008, Glen Fellman said…: I'd like to but I'm not sure the agency will spring for it again. Especially since we hired an Interactive Creative Director in the meantime. I'm going to put in for it but we'll see. Now that we bought ourselves back from Havas, the agency might be a little less liberal with these sorts of conferences. I'll keep you posted.

At 8:42am on May 5th, 2008, Janet Vong said…: Can you believe there's 250 members! This is wonderful.

At 3:11am on April 26th, 2008, dharmabhakti said…: Thank you Ryan. It's not very different with yours actualy. : ) I do not understand and never joint any internet society before. Hope this site would teach me bout it and we can share Dhamma knowledge as well to all. Be happy and healthy always... With Metta, Kiem.

At 1:07pm on April 25th, 2008, Dan said…: Thanks a lot Ryan I really appreciate the information!

At 5:03pm on April 17th, 2008, Eric Schwartz said…: I was a member of another social network already - one formed to oppose the Iraq war & another for foreign correspondents.

At 9:01am on April 17th, 2008, Ben Le said…: HI Ryan,
It's been a crazy week, we're busy moving, and my univeristy studies are taking all my time right now. I promise to return that document to you soon, but please forgive the difficulty here. Things should calm down in a week or two.
Amitofo