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About me

Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation Educator, Historian, Philosopher, Poet, Theolgianogian
Location Minneapolis, MN, United States
Introduction Siddhartha Ulysses Gateaux, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (April 1st, 1969) to French/American parents. A lifelong resident of South Minneapolis, Historian, Philosopher and Theologian and Poet, educated in the Benedictine tradition, master of Buddhism in the Zen-Sufi tradition, Buddha at Large, Co-Founder of the Zen Syndicate Intergalactic, Neighborhood Buddha and the People's History Project, teaching history of religion and providing spiritual direction.
Interests Reading and Writing, Photography and Painting, History, Philosophy and Theology, Zen Buddhism and Sufi Mysticism, Poetry and Mindfulness.
Favorite Movies Blade Runner, Brazil, Koyaanisqatsi, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring Again
Favorite Music Darkside Jazz in the Modal Style New Wave
Favorite Books Paris Spleen - Baudelaire, The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoyevsky, Dune, Herbert, The Lathe of Heaven - Le Guinn, The Good Terrorist - Lessing, The First Circle, Solzhenitsyn Narn i Hin Hurin - Tolkein

What is the nature of reality? What is the purpose of existence? What is the meaning of life?