An edited transcript of a Dharma talk given at Shasta Abbey in 2018. You are perfect, just as you are, but you could use a little improvement.1 This is a rather well-known, and to me stunning, quote from Shunryu Suzuki … Continue reading →
Adapted from a sangha-led Dharma discussion, February 25, 2024. It’s been about a year since I took the Precepts in May 2023. Yes, I had an idea about what I was doing. No, I had no idea about what “taking … Continue reading →
A lightly edited transcript of a talk given online at the Priory in 2020. These are challenging times we’re living in, and we might all find ourselves sitting with strong, persistent, recurrent feelings: fear and anxiety; despair, perhaps … Continue reading →
A transcript of a Dharma talk given during a meditation period at Throssel’s Segaki retreat in October 2024. In the chapter of Shōbōgenzō, “Shōji”, or “Birth and Death”, Dōgen says the following: This birth-and-death is the life of … Continue reading →
This article first appeared in the September – December 2023 Portobello Buddhist Priory Newsletter. This version has been edited. These are a few personal thoughts about ‘darkness’. I am not exploring how concepts of dark and light are … 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 →
This article was originally published in the Pine Mountain Buddhist Temple Newsletter in January 2023. The following dedication comes from Lama Shenpen Hookham’s book There’s More to Dying than Death: A Buddhist Perspective: Through the power of the truth … Continue reading →
This is an edited version of a talk given after the Wesak Festival at Shasta Abbey in May 2022. Transcription by Willie Grieve. Well, good morning, and thank you all for coming. It’s gratifying to see so many people … Continue reading →
This article was originally published, in serialized form, in the Portland Buddhist Priory Newsletter. This is a continuation from the Summer 2022 issue of the Journal. Seeking Nothing: A Note on Finding and Having “They fix their minds on … Continue reading →
Adapted from a talk given at Throssel on Wesak day 2022. Thank you for coming to join us to celebrate the Festival of the Buddha’s Birth, it’s good to have you all with us. A joyful festival like this, or … Continue reading →
