New Zine – An Atheist Buddhist

Back in March I wrote that family issues were keeping me busy. They still are.

But I finally have a new ‘zine out. It’s a project I’ve had in mind for some time, and which I’ve been putting together for about a year. This doesn’t mean I’m going to abandon Echoes and Imaginings – issue 4 is also being slowly put together at the moment – but it’s good to try something else occasionally.

In many ways this is an indulgence for me, an excuse to put together some of my favourite photographs from places such as India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. And to slot in a little of my poetry. It’s my slant on Buddhism, really, from an atheist point of view.

Hence the title. The link to my shop is in the right-hand sidebar, or here if you prefer.

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And at forty eight pages, it’s longer than my previous zines.

A Short Letter

To all the priests, doctors, teachers, politicians, atheists, faith healers, snake oil salesmen, dictators, rebels and rabble rousers who think they have the right to tell people what to think or to believe or to not believe: You Do Not.

To all those who think they have the right to tell a woman what she can or cannot do with her body: You Do Not.

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To all those men who think they have more rights than women: You Do Not.

To all those who think they have more rights than others of a different race or caste or religion: You Do Not.

To all those who think they have the right to tell people that they cannot change their mind about what they believe: You Do Not.

None of you.

No matter what you believe yourselves.

It’s really very simple.