Today, as I have been for many days now during the COVID-19 isolation period, I am baking bread. With grocery deliveries taking a week buying bread from the store isn’t working well. I love the taste of homemade bread except for sandwiches. For those I must admit I prefer the softer texture of commercial breads. Homemade bread is much more flavorful and considerably more dense than the commercial product. Homemade bread is great for dipping…
I recently was asked a question similar to the above and thought rather than respond to one individual I would write a Dharma talk about it. It seems important, and there is much I would like to say on the subject. First the Buddha makes it clear in Chapter XIV “Peaceful Practices” that we should be compassionate to not just monks and nuns, nor just Arhats and Sravakas and Bodhisattvas but to even those who…
Grateful Eating The other day at the temple we were talking about food and healthy alternatives for the foods we love but aren’t necessarily good for us. I have a section on the temple web page for some recipes that have been enjoyed by folks here at the temple, some are reasonably healthy others maybe not so much. All of this got me to thinking about how casually we eat. By casually I don’t mean…
With the holiday season approaching and pumpkin’s in season I thought it might be nice to dust off this easy recipe. I made it for folks at the temple and was requested to share it. This is really simple to make. Probably the trickiest thing is to make sure you get the correct pumpkin pie filling (if you don’t buy the name brand recommended then you need to make sure you read the label of…
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