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July 2024

July 01, 2024

Awakening is a Verb

The one we call the Buddha wanted to understand suffering and it’s causes. He tried...

June 2024

June 08, 2024

Suffering: The Broken Wheel

“The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have...

June 01, 2024

Karma

“A practitioner who has spent time reflecting on karma will engage in as many positive...

May 2024

May 24, 2024

Impermanence

“Practicing impermanence has the immediate benefits of bringing greater joy and appreciation to our lives....

May 17, 2024

Precious Human Life

We are lucky to be here. We don’t always think that way because our lives...

December 2023

December 11, 2023

Four Thoughts That Change The Mind

The preliminaries are our support for practice. We need a solid foundation for our mind...

October 2023

October 15, 2023

Love and Compassion (recorded talk)

I gave this talk at the Rime Buddhist Center on 6 I talked about love...

October 01, 2023

Rebirth

Rebirth. This is a concept a lot of us struggle with sometimes as western Buddhists....

September 2023

September 20, 2023

The Tenfold Virtuous Path (feat. Nagarjuna)

In his “Letter to a Friend” Nagarjuna references a teaching called “The Tenfold Virtuous...

September 19, 2023

Nagarjuna’s Six Things to Recall

Nagarjuna lived in the first century. He’s sometimes called a Second Buddha because his impact...

September 18, 2023

The Buddha on Doubt and Free Inquiry

I was an atheist when I started exploring Buddhism 20 or so years ago. I...

September 15, 2023

Can You Help the Rime Center?

From the Rime Center website: The Rime Buddhist Center wants to be a positive force in the...

September 08, 2023

The Questions of Naga King Sagara

I’d like to explore a Sutra with you. This is a text called The Questions...

August 2023

August 01, 2023

Some Thoughts on Compassion

Cultivating an attitude rooted in compassion helps our well-being in various ways. The world may...

June 2023

June 13, 2023

The Awakened Heart

What I’m referring to as “the Awakened Heart” is the concept of Relative Bodhichitta. if...

June 08, 2023

I Was Wrong About Brad Warner and Angel City Zen Center

Way back in early 2022 I wrote an article about famous Zen teacher Brad Warner....

June 07, 2023

A Teacher Appears….?

I go to Washington DC every year for work. Or at least that’s the plan...

December 2022

December 12, 2022

A common question, “How did you become Buddhist?”

The question comes up once in a while. It’s natural for it to come up...

December 10, 2022

The Dhammapada (recorded talks)

I did this series of talks on the classic Buddhist text “The Dhammapada.” I taught...

December 05, 2022

Bodhi Day 2022

Bodhi Day is a holiday that commemorates the Enlightenment of the Buddha and the start...

November 2022

November 07, 2022

Lha Bab Duchen, Festival of Descent 2022

Lha Bab Duchen is one of the four great Buddhist holidays in the Tibetan tradition....

July 2022

July 31, 2022

Chokhor Duchen 2022: The Festival of Turning the Wheel

Chokhor Duchen is being celebrated on August 1st this year. It is a holiday that...

June 2022

June 25, 2022

Buddhism for Beginners

Many people develop an interest in Buddhism, but it can be hard to know where...

June 10, 2022

Saga Dawa Duchen: The Great Occasion 2022

Saga Dawa is considered a holy month in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar. It’s said to...

May 2022

May 30, 2022

Saga Dawa 2022: The Month of Merit

Saga Dawa is a holy month in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar. It’s a lunar calendar,...

March 2022

March 15, 2022

Chotrul Duchen the Festival of Miracles

Chotrul Duchen, the Festival of Miracles, is one of the four great Tibetan Buddhist holidays....

February 2022

February 27, 2022

Celebrating Losar in 2022

Losar is sometimes called the Tibetan New Year. It’s based on a lunar calendar, so...

February 04, 2022

The Rime Center is Building a New Temple in Kansas City

The Rime Center has existed in Kansas City for nearly 30 years. It was founded...

May 2021

May 28, 2021

The Second Arrow

Today I’m going to talk about the second arrow. It’s this old teaching about how...

December 2020

December 14, 2020

Life Advice From the Buddha

I think that at times we get caught up talking about the Buddha too much...