

Why become Buddhist?
So I was asked by a friend to recommend a good introduction to Buddhism for him. He’d led a rough life and said he was happy with the...


Ritual or Mysticism
If you attend our practices you’ll definitely find ritual - but probably far less than you were expecting from Buddhist practice. The...

20th Century Sutras
I'm reading a book called "The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo" by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. In it he takes sayings of his teacher Sawaki...


Dependent Origination or Predeterminism
A student of mine was talking to a group of fellow meditators about dependent origination and a question came up about free will, so I...


It's All a Matter of Perspective
So I received the picture above in a Facebook post yesterday and I thought, "that's a good image to share as a vision of Buddhist...