Archived Posts
Name of Buddha – Part 1 – January 27, 2019
I am beginning a new meditation or investigation through practice into some more mystical experiences I have in my practice of the Lotus Sutra. This will be an active unfolding as much of this will be written as I experience and witness the sutra in my life. What I write will not be wholly of…
Slow Movement – April 5, 2012 Meditation
Slow Movement There is a growing trend lately that is variedly called the ‘slow movement’. I have heard it applied to many things, probably most notably to eating and reading. The idea being that a person is supposed to do the task with deliberate slowness, which is supposed to set up a more ideal condition…
Nuts and Bolts of Sangha Building – Dharma Talk – September 13, 2019
Nuts and Bolts of Sangha Building – September 13, 2019 I’ve written several articles on Sangha building, mostly from a theoretical point of view. I’ve addressed major points of inclusion, and celebration of difference, and the importance of not neglecting the Sangha as disposable. Now I’d like to give some advice on how to actually…
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.