Happenings around Myosho-ji, Wonderful Voice Buddhist Temple
False Assumptions Four people are flying in an airplane, the pilot, a professor, a hiker and another individual. The plane begins to have problems and it become apparent that it will crash. So the pilot announces that there are only three parachutes and that he is going to take one of them. The professor says that since he is so important and brilliant he will take another.
One Step At A Time It has been four months since I started writing these daily meditations. This isn’t a particularly long time yet it is a milestone, since I wasn’t sure I would be able to continue this for even a month or so. It was my determination , and still is, to do this for a year. There have been times when writing these has been difficult either due to time or lack…
Why Were You Not? Earth Day There is a famous story of a Rabbi named Zusya. According to the story he is said to have stood before his congregation and said that when he dies he will present himself to the celestial tribunal and they will ask him various ‘why were you not…” questions. Why were you not Moses, because Zusya was not a prophet and Moses was. The questions would go on through various…
Be Where Your Butt Is How many places can you be or are you being at any one moment? When you’re sitting at work is you mind split between here and there? When you are at home relaxing for the evening, is your mind someplace else, perhaps even back at work? Perhaps you are having dinner with friends and your mind is wandering off someplace in space. Maybe even while playing with your children you…
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