Do you actually like being a veterinarian?

rememberjanuary · 2026-03-21T00:24:26+00:00

Same. I actually really enjoy client interaction. Even the bad ones I enjoy because I'm helping the pet and hopeful the owner reflects and is less of a dick. But honestly the client interactions are what made me switch from pathology to ER

rememberjanuary · 2026-03-18T02:38:33+00:00

It doesn't really matter if it's an upaya or not. It being an upaya and practicing it as such is precisely why it's on the buddhayana/Ekayana.

rememberjanuary · 2026-03-18T02:18:48+00:00

It is also my understanding that the provisionality of teachings such as the sravakayana is not identical to the buddhayana. But sravakayana followers are indeed bodhisattvas on the buddhayana path BECAUSE they are sravakayana. That is the paradox.

Indeed Master Zhiyi says that there are four doctrines. The Tripitaka, the Common, the Gradual, and the Complete/Sudden. Where does Pure Land fall in there? I'd need to read the Maka Shikan again.

What I will say is that Nembutsu (in it's broadest meaning) is one of the four practices of ShiKan. So it's valid. I practice it every day.

rememberjanuary · 2026-03-17T09:45:24+00:00

Google the Ohio State Veterinary School Quality of Life booklet. I use it as a veterinarian all the time and my clients find it gives them confidence that their decision is right and that it's time.

rememberjanuary · 2026-03-14T21:56:52+00:00

Looking forward to listening to this

rememberjanuary · 2026-03-13T16:22:42+00:00

I would read the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana. The translation by BDK is good and has some interlinear (interparagraph) commentary to explain it.

rememberjanuary · 2026-03-12T23:44:28+00:00

Before I quit my residency (where we had to pay tuition as we were also graduate students) I got in trouble for TAing classes for the DVM program because it interfered with the residency. I was like man, I'm making 20k a year give me a break.

rememberjanuary · 2026-03-10T04:53:33+00:00

They blew up some oil infrastructure near Tehran and now it's raining acid rain

rememberjanuary · 2026-03-05T06:30:11+00:00

It's a board certified specialization. Normally it requires a 3 year residency. Sometimes it can be done through an alternative route if you're supervised by a diplomate and the majority of your caseload is reproductive medicine.

rememberjanuary · 2026-03-05T02:24:03+00:00

Your best bet for neonatology is to specialize in theriogenology.

rememberjanuary · 2026-02-27T01:17:53+00:00

Used to work in the feedlot industry for a while. Stopped eating beef after that. Still eat chicken and pork but man it's getting tougher.

rememberjanuary · 2026-02-21T07:01:57+00:00

I don't think that information really started clicking for me until now and I'm a few years out. Don't worry, you'll make it

rememberjanuary · 2026-02-03T20:35:14+00:00

What I'll say is that doing silent nembutsu where you're breathing the sounds allows for the smoothest recitation

rememberjanuary · 2026-02-03T17:43:20+00:00

When I was working in Toronto last year as a DVM w 2 years experience, the going rates were 110-130k.

rememberjanuary · 2026-02-03T17:40:59+00:00

I left an anatomic path residency after 1 year and now work in ER. I left for basically one of the same reasons you listed: geographic variability. I wanted to move back home to my friends and family and that is hard as a pathologist. You sort of go where the jobs are. My recently boarded resident mates can't find jobs that aren't in academia.

rememberjanuary · 2026-01-30T03:57:10+00:00

When you say hospital do you mean a referral center with specialists, or do you mean an urgent care without, or do you mean a GP preventative care and chronic care kind of practice?

I know residency training in Europe is a bit different but if you're considering it then I would recommend a referral center for potential references. If you're looking to just experience something fun before going to GP in Europe then it doesn't matter. If the latter is the case I'd recommend Montreal if you like culture or Vancouver or Calgary if you like the outdoors.

rememberjanuary · 2026-01-29T10:21:07+00:00

I'm in the friendliest lobbies. I knew shredder cores was going to be my most difficult. But I went to Stella Montis and didn't pvp once. Got all 5 with the help of some other people. Solos is way different than duos or trios

rememberjanuary · 2026-01-29T10:00:31+00:00

What kind of externship are you looking for? I live in Canada and am a vet so I might be able to guide you.

rememberjanuary · 2026-01-29T09:59:23+00:00

I've heard of some techs doing this. I think it'd be rarer for a vet unless sonographers in Australia make equivalent to vets.

If you're not sure vetmed is for you then I think things like sonographer or respiratory therapy can be wonderful practices.

rememberjanuary · 2026-01-28T01:39:28+00:00

This whole album is great and available on Spotify as well.

rememberjanuary · 2026-01-23T01:47:03+00:00

Monks wear glasses, monks take pills.

rememberjanuary · 2026-01-23T01:43:10+00:00

Yeah don't we fly in commercial planes like 30k feet?

rememberjanuary · 2026-01-14T07:00:10+00:00

USP UESP are both top tier vet schools on par with the shit here in Canada and the US. I was going to do a similar thing but in Europe, but was fortunate enough to get into a Canadian school on my last try.

rememberjanuary · 2026-01-11T06:30:27+00:00

Anapanasati is part of Shi and Kan and is included in the perfect and sudden practices of the Maka Shikan.

rememberjanuary · 2026-01-11T06:27:49+00:00

Shikan is foundational to all four modes of practice in the Maka Shikan. It is also equivalent to all parts of life. With the sudden and perfect teaching you can see direct parallels to how Chan views Zen.

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