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Contemplating Disease – Cessation – Part 13i – January 20, 2019
Chih-I talks quite a lot about compassion and how important it is to cultivate when one has dis-ease, disease, and illness. As I have been studying this text I am struck by the direction he suggests compassion needs to flow. Usually when compassion is mentioned, at lease in the medical settings I’ve been in…
Sunday Questions and Answers in English and French – Video – May 24, 2020
Today we devoted our after service time to open question and answer as well discussion. Some of the questions arose from my Dhamra talks for the past two weeks. Subscribe to my blog post newsletter
Specific Versus General Predictions of Enlightenment – Dharma Talk Video – October 20, 2019
Today the Dharma talk is on the subject of specific versus general predictions of enlightenment in the Lotus Sutra and how that applies to our society and our interactions in society. From the Lotus Sutra: “Thereupon the World-Honored One said to Gautami (a woman): ‘Why do you look at me so anxiously? You do not…
except the time in Japan when the barber insisted…
except the time in Japan when the barber insisted on shaving my eyelids “You haven’t lived until you’ve experienc… goodreads.com/quotes/7457979…
“if you want to get your thumb on the pulse of civ…
“if you want to get your thumb on the pulse of civic life in your community, head over to the barbershop.” goodreads.com/quotes/7457976…
i do miss going to my old neighborhood barber on S…
i do miss going to my old neighborhood barber on Saturday morning, a ritual “Barbers, on the other hand, are inte… goodreads.com/quotes/7457975…
“even Saddam Hussein rocked a pocket square when h…
“even Saddam Hussein rocked a pocket square when he was on trial—a man should never defend his war crimes without… goodreads.com/quotes/7457953…