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Matsubagayatsu Persecution – Dharma Talk – August 27, 2019
Birmingham Pledge – April 17, 2012 Meditation
Understanding Is The Ground For Compassion – April 26, 2012 Meditation
Understanding Is The Ground For Compassion One of the basic teachings I offer when there are new folks attending the temple is the teaching of the Ten Wolds. I use this teaching to show how logical Buddhism is and how much sense it makes in helping us understand ourselves and the way we live. As I offer this teaching I point out how this is not just some theory, nor is its sole purpose to…
Every Moment – April 25, 2012 Meditation
Every Moment Every moment of your life is a moment to practice Buddhism. It is easy to understand that the time we spend at our altar, the time we spend chanting, or the time we spend reciting the sutra are times of practice. That is easy. What is more difficult and the place where true Buddhism exists is the moments between those sacred practice moments. It is easy to be a Buddhist when we sit,…
False Assumptions – April 24, 2012 Meditation
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 – April 23, 2012 Meditation
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…