Good day, friends, and happy Saturday! The other day I put out a couple practical spiritual guidelines that have been helpful for me in my life and practice. Today I’ll offer another one that has been central to my efforts … Read More
Hello, everyone!!! I’m writing in order to give you some detail around the two retreats I have lined up for 2023, and to offer a way to register. I very much hope you will consider giving yourself the … Read More
Hello, everyone! This is to officially announce the yoga and meditation retreat happening this summer in New Hampshire. Rich and David are both excited to be offering this event, and we look forward to the retreat as a time to … Read More
Good day, good friends! I hope you’re well so far today and that things are going your way….. (The latter, I realize, it’s not a terribly Buddhist thing to say. Right? We practice with whatever our lives present, says the … Read More
Good morning, friends! Today I have something to offer from Chuang Tzu, the ancient Taoist master. It’s called Flight from the Shadow”. As is often the case with Chuang Tzu, he offers a sort of a parable without any explanation, … Read More
We had an interesting conversation in group last night about accessing compassion in challenging circumstances. One of our Dharma-sisters has been attending the trial of the ‘Pillowcase Rapist’ in Florida because her husband, who is a physician, was asked to … Read More
Here’s a spiritual practice pro-tip that came up in a conversation with someone recently…. If you are faced with two mutually exclusive, bad choices, that’s a sign that you’re perceiving from within conditioned mind. Life as it is is not … Read More
Happy day, everyone! This is a follow-up to the post I made a couple days ago, in which I suggested that there is no such thing as true worldly happiness. I included a passage from the introduction to the Dhammapada, … Read More
Howdy, folks! I hope you’re well today and having a good practice day so far There’s a phrase that has arisen in my mind over and over again these past several weeks. Here it is: “There is no true worldly … Read More
I’d like to tell you about something that happened the other day that I found to be just delightful. Tomorrow I hope to jump back into more overtly spiritual stuff. I told you about my not-for-profit handyman service for the … Read More