Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood. Right Blogging?

Brave, funny, insightful piece by RJ Eskow on the perils of being a Buddhist practitioner whilst blogging --  about politics.

I asked Dharmavidya about irony and satire.  “The Buddha was attracted to irony,” he said. “He was a prophet with a sense of humor.  Once when he was debating the idea that bathing in the holy river is purifying, he said, ‘There must be a lot of holy fish.’  And when he talked about Jain asceticism, he pointed out that it was designed to end suffering by inflicting even more suffering—on its followers.”

So irony, or even its evil twin, sarcasm, isn’t necessarily un-Buddhist?  “Not necessarily,” said Dharmavidya. “The Buddha judged these things based on the likely outcome and how wholesome the speaker’s intent is.”

Ah yes.

Full article, originally published in Tricyle, here.