Archived Posts
Righting the Ship – Sangha Building – Dharma Talk – September 18, 2019
Righting the Ship – Sangha Building Sometimes even with our best intentions and our most skillful actions situations arise which affect the entire Sangha in a negative and potentially harmful way. What I am mostly thinking of in this moment as I write this is about harmful behaviors either from a group of members, single…
21-Day Fugen/Universal Sage Bodhisattva Retreat – Practice – June 30, 2019
Several days ago John Hughes, a member of the Sacramento temple and frequent participant in Myosho-ji Sangha activities shared with me a personal, private retreat he was planning on doing beginning July 1st. I really liked his idea and I began thinking about how I would like to follow his example. (You can find John’s…
Contemplando la enfermedad – Parte 8a – Ideación religiosa – 17 de septiembre de 2018
La fe puede ser una cosa maravillosa y también puede ser peligrosa. Escribiré más sobre el poder de la fe con respecto al manejo de la enfermedad. Por ahora, me gustaría detenerme brevemente aquí y hablar de ideación religiosa dañina, un término que se usa frecuentemente entre los capellanes cuando trabajan con pacientes y familias…
On the ground
Cinabon
What are we doing?
Tonight I was chatting with a young man at a gas station convenience store. It turns out that he works there from 5PM – 11PM then goes home for a short while before heading to his next job working at FedEx from 3AM – 8AM. I know he is not that unusual, in the amount of effort he has to put into piecing together several jobs in order to create a “full-time job”. Probably,…
Getting Stsrted
Tonight I created a blog using WordPress. The main reason for doing so was because of compatability with the iPhone. I had resurected my blog on my .me account hosted through Mac, but there is no way to make entries using an iPhone, which is how this entry is being made.

