Ask a Buddhist Grandma
The question you’d never ask your own mother
Why do we bow? Is it okay that I’m not sure I believe any of it? What do I say at the funeral? Ask here, anonymously. I answer plainly — and when I don’t know, I go ask an elder and report back.
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You ask
No name needed. Nothing is too small or too embarrassing — those are the best ones.
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I answer, or I go ask
Plain words, no lecture. If I don’t know, I ask my mother or a temple elder and tell you what she said.
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The best ones become pages
Published answers never use your name. You might see yours in the weekly email.
If your mother said something that turned out to be Buddhism, tell me that too — it may become a piece in Things my mother said.