We will crave privacy, a space of our own around which we can create a ring of fire or a moat. Ming Zhen Shakya Thank you, Em for this reminder to focus on…
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Welcome to Morning Sitting 2024!!!! Please mute yourself when entering. Topic: Morning Sitting Time: Jan 8, 2024 06:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Every day, until Jan 12, 2024, 5 occurrence(s) Jan 8, 2024…
A Mahayana Bodhisattva trusts without doubt. After building his new hut next to his temple, Shitou explains to himself and to us that trust is an essential aspect to his life. Sure, he has lived…
The old man illumines forms and their nature and knows that we share in the suffering of birth and death. Each one of us was born and each one of us will die. A Single…
It is hard for us in the 21st century to image building a grass hut up in a far-off mountain range. A place we would call home! It is unthinkable. We love all our conveniences…
This Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage is a sutra, which means thread, a thread of the Dharma. It was written by Shitou, a devoted ancestor of the Chinese Caodong lineage in the sixth…
Religion is not something for remaking the outside world. It is for remaking our eyes, ears and our point of view. Sawaki Roshi A Flirtation with Spiritual Reality – A Vampire in Disguise