Hello, good people, and a beautiful day to you! I’m writing today to announce a new offering that I hope will become a regular aspect of our practice and a regular way we can support each other in practice over … Read More
Happy day to you, everyone! Our Daily Dharma today is the same as the topic for tonight’s virtual meditation and discussion group. Here it is: “Our topic for group tonight comes out of a passage from The Meditations, by … Read More
Good day, everyone! Here’s a little something that’s been rattling around in my brain these past weeks and months, having to do with awareness and our human relationship with Reality….. There’s an old Buddhist teaching that we might call “The … Read More
Blessings to you, friends, on this beautiful day! I am back on my feet and my life is once again in order after a most beautiful retreat this past weekend. And so I’m ready to begin putting out the Daily … Read More
Good morning, friends! For your Daily Dharma today I’m going to send along the prompt that went out to folks who attend our regular meditation and discussion group on Thursday evenings. This way you can be paying attention to the … Read More
Good day, everyone! Yesterday morning at the end of meditation I read these lines, from the Dhammapada (one of the oldest of the Buddhist sutras): “If one who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater happiness, Let him leave aside … Read More
Good day to you, folks! I wonder if you’re having the same experience as I am as you travel through the world and interact with people in various ways: have you noticed how self-absorbed people are? What do I mean … Read More
Happy day to you, everyone! Every morning at the end of meditation I offer a reading of some sort that I feel may be of interest, or may inspire or set a focus for the day. Once we work our … Read More
Happy day to you, all! Yesterday I put out what for me has been a fun little koan, or spiritual puzzle, that comes from a sign I saw in town the other day. The sign that asserted this: “Home is … Read More
Good morning, dharma-friends! Yesterday I spent some time ‘out in the world’, as we used to say at the monastery, and I saw some interesting things. I’ll include a photo of one of those things. It was a sign in … Read More