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Hello, my name is Al Billings.


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Home town: Seattle

Current residence: Oakland

Occupation: Software Quality Assurance (Tester)


 I've been a Dharma practitioner for about six years now with a longstanding interest dating back to my undergraduate college years in the very early 1990s.

My background is largely in Nyingma and Kagyu based Tibetan Vajryayana. I took refuge vows originally at the Sakya Monastery in Seattle.

My current practice is with a Japanese Buddhist organization focusing in study, meditation, and ritual in my own practice.

I have a Master's degree in Humanities (Philosophy) with a focus on the beliefs concerning the soul in Western Esotericism. My Bachelor's degree is in Cultural Anthropology. I am taking classes at the Institute of Buddhist Studies within the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and will be applying to the PhD program at GTU to focus on Mikkyo (Japanese Esoteric Buddhism).

My blog is at http://www.arcanology.com.



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