{"id":3244,"date":"2013-11-11T20:43:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T20:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/?p=3244"},"modified":"2013-11-11T20:43:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T20:43:45","slug":"a-request-for-contributions-to-the-little-book-of-buddhist-humor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2013\/11\/a-request-for-contributions-to-the-little-book-of-buddhist-humor.html","title":{"rendered":"A request for contributions to “The Little Book of Buddhist Humor”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I\u2019m happy to pass along this request for stories from the great Charles Prebish for an upcoming book he and John Negru are putting together:<\/p>\n

Dear Colleagues and Friends:<\/p>\n

John Negru (Karma Yonten Gyatso), publisher of Sumeru Books, and I are collecting a series of anecdotal stories for inclusion in a book we are editing called \u201cThe Little Book of Buddhist<\/a> Humor.\u201d In difficult times, we feel that the Buddhist world has the opportunity to contribute to and inject some happy, Buddhist-inspired humor into our everyday lives.<\/p>\n

As such, we\u2019re inviting any of you who have clever, funny, silly, and laughable stories that you have experienced in your personal and\/or professional work and practice in Buddhism<\/a> to submit these short episodes to us for possible inclusion. We are looking for stories from Buddhist teachers, scholars and sangha members. Maybe something really funny happened to you at a Buddhist center, or something humorous occurred while attending a professional conference, or a personal communication involving Buddhism brought a silly smile to your face. We\u2019ll collect the best of those stories submitted and publish them in our book.<\/p>\n

Please make sure the stories are no more than three pages long, remain in good taste, and represent anecdotes that you are comfortable sharing. They may be submitted to me (charles.prebish@usu.edu<\/a>) or John (john@sumeru-books.com<\/a>), and should be submitted by Wesak \u00a02014 (May 14).<\/p>\n

We truly hope to make this a FUN project that will bring smiles to people worldwide, and we\u2019ll be so grateful for any stories you may provide that will help us achieve our goal.<\/p>\n

Best wishes.<\/p>\n

Charles Prebish (Karma Sherab Nyingpo)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

P.S. If you don\u2019t have a story to share, you can still help out by spreading the word (click the buttons below to share this on social media or email it to friends\/sanghas\/etc).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m happy to pass along this request for stories from the great Charles Prebish for an upcoming book he and John Negru are putting together: Dear Colleagues and Friends: John Negru (Karma Yonten Gyatso), publisher of Sumeru Books, and I are collecting a series of anecdotal stories for inclusion in a book we are editing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-3244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddhism","tag-humor-2"],"yoast_head":"\nA request for contributions to "The Little Book of Buddhist Humor"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I'm happy to pass along this request for stories from the great Charles Prebish for an upcoming book he and John Negru are putting together: Dear\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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