I Know Why the Buddha Laughs
Lately I find myself laughing all the time, at everything. I laugh when people celebrate finally having a right everyone else takes for...
We WILL Never Come This Way Again
Whenever we participate in a “special event” - graduation, marriage, the birth of a child, etc. - we’re often told, “Enjoy this moment,...
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...