Winners and Losers The following is a Dharma talk I gave at the Temple on January 13, 2008. Here we are again in the midst of a political campaign for President of the United States. Currently the Olympics are in their final week. While it is try that in the Olympics there are frequently stories of great accomplishments that do not yield a medal, the main focus is on winning just as it is in…
Getting To Know God “A man goes to a monastery and asks the head monk there, Father Frederick, to help him find God. The Father instructs the man to touch his nose every day exactly at ten o’clock in the morning and at three o’clock in the afternoon. He was not to touch it earlier or later, only exactly at the times specified. It turns out the man frequently would remember either too early or…
Wishing “It is the virtue of the child to think in terms of wishes. But the virtue of the grown man is to will.” (Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher) I think it is natural as children to wish for things. When younger, especially very young, things seem to just happen. There is almost always someone doing something to make your life better. Of course this isn’t always the case.
Infinity Universal Infinity Day Today is Universal Infinity Day, in case you are wondering how come imagine laying the number 8 on it’s side, and you get the symbol for infinity. Today is 8/8 so it is double infinity. Thinking about infinity brings up a couple of Buddhist ideas in my head. One is the quality of boundlessness or unlimited. Another is lasting forever with no beginning or end.
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