The Parable of the Destitute Child 2/
/Shiryū Moe picks up the Wednesday Evening Seminar on Tenshin Reb Anderson with an exploration of faith, asking: "what happens when our practice blooms?"
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Getting Everything Right
/For Labour Day, Myoshin Kate McCandless offers reflections on play.
The Parable of the Destitute Child 1/
/Myoshin Kate McCandless introduces the new Wednesday Evening Dharma Seminar, which will spring from the book Nothing to Attain : Zen Stories of Faith and Understanding by Tenshin Reb Anderson.
In Service To All
/Shinmon Michael Newton explores how we can orient to loving-kindness or metta.
“If only I were a candle in the dark.” (Mahmoud Darwish)
Who I Am Right Now
/Toshin Patrick Griffin knows that our objects and things can both nurture and distract us - yet we simply have only this step, this breath, this bow...
Lessons From the Han
/Jikai Vicki suggests the call to meditation and awakening begins with the crack of a wooden board being struck by a heavy mallet.
Awakened Care as Self Care - A Bodhisattva Vow
/Kyōkō Chie Angela suggests that when there is more fluidity there is more potential for care.
"There is no liberation without profound awakened care" (Lama Rod Owens)
Bodhicitta - Where Suffering, Longing, and Love Meet
/Shinmon Michael Newton suggests that when our longing for connection and wisdom matures into universal care, then we can vow to keep opening our heart for the whole net of life.
