Welcome.

Hello and welcome to Buddha in the Beerglass. A blog dedicated to nothing other than the random thoughts of a blind-deaf Scottish guy living in a New York City under siege from the Christian Mullahs in Washington D.C.

The title of the blog comes from my belief that if you need to find a religion then it might as well be Buddhism as it seems to be the most inclusive and least judgemental of all the major organised beliefs out there.

I was raised Catholic and like all good Catholics, lapsed or otherwise, I like a drink. Hence the "Beer" in the title. I sometimes attend Meditation at the Shambhala Centre of New York but more often I can be found drinking at Swift's on East 4th Street.

This is not as contradictory as it sounds. The Shambhala school of Buddhism was founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a monk who escaped Tibet in 1959 and spent the rest of his life bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West. He was a compatriot of Allen Ginsberg and by all accounts had a weakness for the wine and the women. Spanking the Monk... sounds good to me.

Anyway enjoy the shite that passes through here. If you are offended by anything I post, feel free to comment. If you are intrigued or amused then leave me alone and go start your own fucking blog.......