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Daily Service – October 3, 2018
At its core, our daily practice is about participating in the events that take place in the Lotus Sutra. We are in one sense recreating the actual Sutra in our daily practice, even if it is only an abbreviated form. The heart of our daily service is the recitation of some chapters from the Sutra…
Contemplating Disease – Part 5c – Comforting the Ill – September 3, 2018
Walking the fine line between remembering the emptiness of the body and dwelling upon final extinction is often the fine line many who deliver medical care and care-givers travel. How do you be honest without being forlorn or slipping into causing hopelessness. Vimalakirti saw this difficulty and cautioned the person seeking to provide comfort. Not…
Gassho – Podcast – May 9, 2019
Gassho What is the significance of holding our hands in gassho. If you enjoyed this podcast please consider making a donation to help spread the Dharma. You may do so by clicking on the PayPal button on either the temple webpage www.myoshoji.org, or on my blog www.ryusho.org/blog. Thank you for your support. Subscribe to my…
Feels colder than it really is thanks to wind and rain. Can’t take pup for long walk ATM.
Starbucks Red Card
I like the idea Starbucks has with the Red card. I just wonder, since I can’t stand the taste of coffee is there a way for me to participate
This American Life
Listening to This American Life by Ira Glass. Show on maps for example a map of the glow pattern cast by street lights in a neighborhood.
Eating potato and pea samosas & black-eye peas while baking a loaf of bread. Pup is sleeping so I may get some reading done as well. Sky is darkening so maybe we will get a nice rain, would be nice to listen to rain while listening to classical music.