In the previous section I gave a quote from Chih-I in which he talks about a free method of managing illness, one that doesn’t take much time, which can be done without any side effects, and may be taken with out limit. He laments that in spite of all the benefits of this offering people refuse to partake. In the Lotus Sutra in the parable of the Gem in the Robe we learn that the…
What I hope will be a regular weekly feature, here are a few books I recommend. The books will not always be directly about Buddhism however they will relate to the greater truths found in Buddhism and also to things I’m interested in. Sometimes ideas from my outside reading I use as I process the complex theories we study in Buddhism. Please note that the temple will receive a small percentage of any purchase made…
This year I will be leading the service to commemorate the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Last year I made a little video about this I hope you will enjoy watching it and that you too will take a moment to remember this tragic event and pray it never happens again. The fear of it happening again is greater in me now than at any other time in…
Anger is one of the Ten Worlds and, therefore, a very real part of our whole self. The question for us as Buddhists is not to eliminate anger; that is impossible. I believe we serve ourselves well, and thereby improve our lives if we examine when we are the master of anger and when anger is our master. When anger so consumes you that you act without thinking or, act in ways you would not…
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