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August 2024

August 01, 2024

Calming Your Mind Buddhist-Style

In recent weeks, given the political turmoil in the world, I've heard from a lot of...

January 2017

January 12, 2017

Meditation: Why it Helps, Even Though it’s Not Doing Anything

Those of us who practice meditation sometimes have a hard time explaining the practice to...

November 2016

November 16, 2016

Appropriate Speech When Talking Politics: the Buddha’s Five Conditions

Most of us need to talk to others about political matters. We need to vent...

September 2016

September 16, 2016

Step One – Commit to Stillness, Don’t React

When we decide to study our life, when we are determined to face the truth...

August 2016

August 12, 2016

Beyond Mindfulness: The Radical Practice of Unified Presence

I am going to present an alternative to mindfulness practice. I do this because I...

July 2016

July 01, 2016

10 Ways to Energize Your Meditation

Most forms of meditation, by definition, are pretty boring. If a meditation technique was entertaining...

June 2016

June 03, 2016

Self as Both Real and Not-Real – The Teaching of the Five Skandhas

How do you resonate with the Buddhist teaching that our sense of self is an...

May 2016

May 06, 2016

What Is Meant By Zen “Practice”?

If you have spent any time in a Zen community, or reading Zen books, you...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

Receiving and Maintaining Our Deepest Aspiration

Why are you reading posts on a spiritual/religious website? Why do you meditate or pray? Why...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

Dogen and My Journey to Oneness with a Flower

At my Zen center right now we're studying one of the most treasured Zen texts: Zen...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

What Did Thich Nhat Hanh Mean by “Accept That This Civilization Can Be Destroyed?”

A friend recently sent me a link to an interesting Youtube video featuring a short...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

The Joy of Having No (Versus Low) Expectations for the World

There are two kinds of expectations. One is a belief that something is likely to happen....

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Everyone Is on a Path Toward Greater Wisdom and Compassion

A friend of mine has a saying, “It takes all kinds of people to make...

February 20, 2015

Remembering There’s Nothing We Can Do to Prevent Change

Sometimes I notice stress sneaking into my life. It starts accumulating under the surface of...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

From the Individual to the Global Scale: Greed, Hatred and Ignorance Cause Suffering

For millennia, spiritual traditions have recognized that greed, hatred, and ignorance cause suffering in the...

October 2014

October 18, 2014

The World Needs the Concept "Bodhisattva"

A bodhisattva is a being who is devoted to the welfare of all living things....

September 2014

September 01, 2014

Wisdom, Compassion, and Action – Three Essential Ingredients

In order know how to become a more responsible global citizen, I need to organize...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Renewal in the Silence of Meditation

Although I'm wrestling with all kinds of questions in this journey of conscience, I am...

August 27, 2014

Giddy with Active Hope

The most useful resource I've encountered so far in my journey is a concept called...

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