There's no shortage of Buddhist websites these days -- see our links for evidence -- but few are as entertaining and wide-ranging as theworsthorse.net, edited by my friend Rod Meade Sperry. Taking pop-culture and sub-culture as its starting points, TWH covers a lot of ground. The feature articles exhibit the strength of the site: an unfailing ability to get to the salient dharmic core of the many shapes Buddhism is taking in modern culture. Generally, this is accomplished with humor, sensitivity, and intelligence. The reader participation is impressive -- don't miss "Body Vows," the collection of tattoos submitted by practitioners, with their stories -- and a feeling of community permeates the site, without social networking being the thrust of the whole thing. There's also a massive array of links to a whole lot of creative people out there interpreting the dharma, categorized clearly with capsule descriptions and commentary, a rare joy to browse through. TWH dwells in the joy and pain of the evolving Western dharma, without judgment.
Andrew Merz, Associate Editor, Tricycle Editor's Blog

 

What a terrific site!  I've fallen completely in love.  I just moved to the Massachusetts countryside from SF, and it's sweet to have a little reconnection with some of the sub-culture worlds I left behind. I'm filled with glee at how much more of it I still have to explore.
Lailah Robertson, Communications Coordinator, Insight Meditation Society

 

I've got a serious problem with The Worst Horse: I spend too much time reading it when I have other work to do. There are more interesting and funny things on this site than most other media sites I know, and it is certainly as rich a site as there is in the Buddhist world. I learn a lot, and it stretches my mind.
James Gimian, publisher of Shambhala Sun

 

howdy-
the worst horse rocks in so many ways, and totally jibes with my attaining to buddhist nature. the site is clever, but also thoughtful in a way too many sites just ain't, even if they're well written. Congrats! And in this impermanent world. . . PLEASE keep it up!
Metta,-
sam

 

A very eclectic site of Buddhist links, writings, videos, audio, songs and, well, stuff. Includes things like links to gay and lebsian Buddhist groups, punk rock, blogs, comedy, Buddhist tattoos, hip-hop and surfing and skateboarding. A very large and fun site.
The Zen Site

 

i love your website. . . very informative, fun, and full of awesome links. i'm going to put a link to your site on mine because yours is so cool.
namaste,
kelli bickman

 

This is just the kind of website I've been looking for!
Kelly, MySpace friend of The Worst Horse

 

Maybe the coolest site yet is The Worst Horse. They tout their offering as "pop- and sub-culture for dharma people; dharma for pop- and sub-culture people." If you can't dig that, you've sauntered into the wrong saloon.
Dreaming Of Danzan Ravjaa

 

Web Site of the Issue (Winter 2006/2007). . .Our favorite for those times when we're lonely, bored, shiftless, directionless, vapid, hopeless, friendless and in need of inspiration. As Chogyam Trungpa put it: "When East meets West, the sparks will fly."
Elephant magazine

 

For anyone at all interested in the Buddha Dharma, The Worst Horse offers some of the best reading you'll find online. Check out this piece about Britney Spears. I'm not kidding.
Barry Graham Sensei / Urban Monk

 

This has to be the ultimate source of Buddhist cool.
James Ishmael Ford, MonkeyMind

 

I e-mailed my teacher the URL for your site and plan to get it out to the sangha when I see them on Sunday. Your site is great. Keep it up. I love finally having a site with topics for us younger "modern" Buddhists.
Chris, Worst Horse reader

 

I love this.
Steve, MySpace friend of The Worst Horse

 

 

Definitely my favorite new site!
Tim, MySpace friend of The Worst Horse

 

Now that's an interesting site! I love it.
Stuart Carduner, AshokaEdu.net

 

With its admitted pop and subculture leanings, The Worst Horse is a site attractive to both the Buddhism-curious and the hip Buddhist. It features original articles that focus on Buddhist artists, musicians, and merchandise; an up-to-date Buddhist news section; an extensive section of links (some of them unusual); and a message board. The site's names is a reference to a quote by Shunyru Suzuki Roshi about four horses that have varying sensitivity to the handler's whip. The metaphor reveals that the "worst" horse is in fact the best, because as Suzuki Roshi explains, "In your very imperfections you will find the basis for your firm, way-seeking mind." This untraditional Buddhist website is one worth visiting.
Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

 

Thanks to Buddhadharma magazine for their mention of The Worst Horse. This site provides information, articles and links geared towards "Pop and sub-culture for Dharma people and Dharma for pop and sub-culture people". [ . . ] Walking the path with an iPod and laptop in hand - digital dharma is where it's at.
TMCG / http://tmcg.blogspot.com

 

Awesome website!!
Danny, MySpace friend of The Worst Horse

 

Miso, the meistro of Big Red Buddha is interviewed in the latest addition to the Buddhist ezine The Worst Horse. It's a terrific interview, titled "Buddhism gets its Onion," that is clever and funny as hell. Plus, you find out a lot about Miso, but not more than he'll allow. A good job of interviewing is done by the even-more-mysterious-than-Miso webmeister of the worst horse. Good stuff, y'all.
Blogmandu

 

Love your site!!
Anzen, MySpace friend of The Worst Horse

 

TWH is a unique Buddhist resource: hip, young, and somewhat iconoclastic. A BRB Red Star site.
BigRedBuddha.com

 

great site!
Midwest Dharma Punx, MySpace friend of The Worst Horse

 

Holy Shiite! This is great, great. You taking advertisements?
Waylon H. Lewis, editor/publisher, Elephant magazine

 

Great concept - very inspiring and supportive! =)
Henry, MySpace friend of The Worst Horse

 

love your site, very very cool. will try to get the word out.
Stuart Davis, musician

 

i heart your website. it's nice like swimming in crisp water is nice.
klv

 

Excellent site. Namo Buddhaya.
Shambhala (hip-hop duo/shambhalatrue.com)

 

What a great site! I'm really impressed. I'll definitely forward this on to my friends.
Andy Rotman, Religion Department, Smith College

 

[review:] pop culture and mayhem for Buddhists. The links section covers literature, music, art, tattoos, GLBT sites, comix, and a whole lot more. There's a whole mess of Buddhist-related popular culture news coverage, some of which barely counts as news (which they admit). There's lots of good stuff, so check it out.
Integral Options Cafe

 

The worst is the best!
Danno, MySpace friend of The Worst Horse

 

TWH is the site i've been waiting years, i mean yeeaarrss for, and how. i mean: compassion/art/dharma -- it really doesn't get any better : )
Derek/oksmile.org

 

This is a great find. I checked it out  and found it chockablock with interesting stuff. I will be sure to bookmark it.
ZenUnbound.com

 

I love your site and I check often to see what cool new things you have there. Thanks for everything and keep up the great stuff!"
Bryan P.

 

I love this site!
Sandra Peterson, Mandala magazine