on public radio the other night as i drove home from work, there was a group of buddhist monks doing gutteral chants that sounded especially primal and/or repulsive. the comentator wanted to review how these chants play into the buddhist religion. the lead monk highlighted the tenets of their faith- purity of thought, search for truth, achievement of righteous emptiness. i am still worried over the emptiness part- i spend my days trying to acheive fullness- i see nothing righteous about emptiness. in fact, i see nothing productive about the monks life- they don't help anybody and their self-reflection could be considered self indulgent as opposed to serving mankind. clearly, i am not cut out of the same cloth as the buddhists.