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May 2016

May 23, 2016

Zen is said to be a method for overcoming the five hindrances: Sensation desire, hatred,...

May 02, 2016

I tell two different stories about how I discovered Buddhism. One of them is that...

April 18, 2016

The Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama said he didn't teach religion. Maybe he wasn't trying to start...

April 11, 2016

Zen Master Dogen called it, “The dropping away of body and mind.” It's an experience...

April 04, 2016

The Four Brahmaviharas, or Divine Abodes, are often translated as 'the immeasurables' or 'the 'immeasurable...

March 28, 2016

The most important teaching for walking the bodhisattva path is the six perfections. The six...

March 23, 2016

I've noticed that some people seem to think that compassion should be conditional. They think...

March 20, 2016

Facebook just informed me that today, March 20th, is the first day of spring. I...

March 14, 2016

I’ve learned something important since I started leading the Zen group at the Rime...

March 07, 2016

The first time I heard someone refer to himself as a Bodhisattva I thought it...

March 01, 2016

Ikkyu said, "Like a vanishing dew, a passing apparition or sudden flash of lightning -...