Announcing a Remote Sesshin April 18-20!!!!

Hello, good people, and a beautiful day to you! I’m writing today to announce a new offering that I hope will become a regular aspect of our practice and a regular way we can support each other in practice over … Read More

Bassui on the Question, “Why Do We Sit?”

Blessings to you, friends, on this beautiful day! I am back on my feet and my life is once again in order after a most beautiful retreat this past weekend. And so I’m ready to begin putting out the Daily … Read More

The Lesser Happiness and the Greater Happiness

Good day, everyone! Yesterday morning at the end of meditation I read these lines, from the Dhammapada (one of the oldest of the Buddhist sutras): “If one who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater happiness, Let him leave aside … Read More

Have You Noticed How Self-Absorbed People Are?

Good day to you, folks! I wonder if you’re having the same experience as I am as you travel through the world and interact with people in various ways: have you noticed how self-absorbed people are? What do I mean … Read More

“Home” is a State of Being

Happy day to you, all! Yesterday I put out what for me has been a fun little koan, or spiritual puzzle, that comes from a sign I saw in town the other day. The sign that asserted this: “Home is … Read More

What is the Experience We Call “Home”?

Good morning, dharma-friends! Yesterday I spent some time ‘out in the world’, as we used to say at the monastery, and I saw some interesting things. I’ll include a photo of one of those things. It was a sign in … Read More

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