This article first appeared in the Pine Mountain Buddhist Temple Newsletter. I appreciate the Dharma offerings I read from Reverend Masters Phoebe and Seikai, and it seems appropriate to make my own offering. I have taken the approach of writing … Continue reading →
This article first appeared in the May-August 2023 issue of the Portobello Priory Newsletter. You must know the ideal; you must accept the actual. Only thus can you help others and yourself. ― Rōshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett, The Wild, White … Continue reading →
A Personal Perspective on the Regional Sangha Meeting Held in Leeds, July 2023 When plotting the route of their explorer spacecraft like the Voyager mission, NASA takes advantage of a close pass of one or more planets to use … Continue reading →
Journal readers will no doubt have heard the news in 2021 about the catastrophic wildfire which destroyed the town of Lytton in British Columbia, where Lions Gate Buddhist Priory is located. Lay minister Michele is a long-time member of … Continue reading →
I found myself standing once again amidst an overflow of cardboard moving boxes and possessions, when the lay Sangha blog Dew On The Grass’s new monthly theme caught my attention: ‘The Map To Where I Live’1. I was nearly … Continue reading →
The following was written in 1985 and reflects the language style used at that time as well as the thinking and understanding of a relatively young monk of four years standing living at Shasta Abbey, California. It is published now … Continue reading →
I have always enjoyed Mel Tormé’s version of the Cole Porter song, “What is This Thing Called Love.” In his version of the song, after a bit of ‘scat singing’, he and a handful of background vocalists ask in close … Continue reading →
This article was first published in this Journal in Winter 2001, just three months after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre. Published here with thanks to the anonymous author. With the recent terrorist attacks in the U.S., all … Continue reading →
A transcription of a talk given at Shasta Abbey on Oct 18 2020. Homage to the Buddha Homage to the Dharma Homage to the Sangha Today I’m going to talk about something that is relevant to our current times which … Continue reading →
This article is based on an online Dharma talk to the German congregation at the end of 2020. At the end of the year, this is my wish for us: may we – in the midst of all that we … Continue reading →
