In a recent article, written to mark the centenary of American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin’s birth, Kenan Malik states that Baldwin: “…had to confront not just the fact of being black in an oppressively racist world, … 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 →
Practising willing acceptance is a gateway to trust and Right Understanding. In formal meditation we sit in willing acceptance by being here openly with everything that shows itself, without interfering with it, without judging it, without dividing it into … Continue reading →
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 →
The translation offered here is a modified translation of the one that was made (in Dutch) for the benefit of our congregation at Apeldoorn when I was prior there at the beginning of the millennium. In my research and … 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 adapted from a Dharma talk offered at the Berkeley Buddhist Priory on August 23, 2020, and the audio talk is available on the Priory website.) The universe is as the boundless sky, As lotus blossoms above unclean … Continue reading →