Dharma Burger!

Apparently, you 'kin do it'. Good for you! At any rate, what's a dharma burger? Well, the term originated with this website- www.theworsthorse.net - it's a fun little archive devoted to Buddhist images or references in pop culture. And I found this one all by myself! It was in a Dunkin' Donuts, where I was more concerned about picking up a couple cups of coffee and going to see my lady love than achieving enlightenment amidst the glazed donuts and iced coffee. I don't recall Zen tasting like chocolate, or coffee, but that would be cool if it does. At any rate, the website came about (I would guess) when Buddhism and Eastern philosophy became "the new black", as it were. I have to admit, I unintentionally caught the bandwagon on this one, as it's been about 12 years since I first began following the Path. It was largely incidental, though, as my approach was not in reading "the Zen of" anything- rather approaching it through first hearing a few koans in a college class I was taking. Koans are the riddles Zen teachers give their students to meditate on and answer. The answer is often less important than the process by which you arrive at it, and often appear as non seqiturs. But it was hearing one of these koans that got me thinking, and subsequently unable to forget it, and finally making sense of it and beginning to study Buddhism. Like most of us Western barbarians, I started out studying Zen, and moved on ultimately to Mahayana Buddhism, more specifically the Kadampa school, and the (sect? cult? What the heck do we call ourselves?) followers of Green Tara, Tara Drolma, Arya Tara, The Mother of Buddhas, etc. The green chick with the lotus, at any rate. (I'm sure she would appreciate the joke). But speaking of jokes, there are a whole bunch of weird dharma burgers on the website. Seems there's a lot of Buddhist references in the world! Buddhism does not evangelize, at least any and all Buddhist schools I know of do not, as Buddhism requires an individual understanding and commitment- simply having someone tell you about it may get you interested, but Buddhism relies on you, not a collective. So, choose your own path, no one can make that decision for you.