Just as we know what is meant by “The Buddha says, ‘Desire must a man destroy,’” the Buddha’s audience, assuming that he ever made such a silly statement, would also have instinctively known… To Study Yourself Even on a Bad Day
Not Yet, Still Life Still Life by Fly He stood alone, in the middle of his self portrait silhouette; with his back to any onlookers. Alone on a small mound of dark dirt where things,… Not Yet, Still Life
It certainly sounds bizarre: the ritual consumption of food or drink that symbolizes or transmutes into the body and blood of a god. Atheists love to mock the ritual and inexperienced theologians try to… Time to Resurrect This Teaching on Love by Ming Zhen Shakya
Facing Everything Zen Buddhist Training Right Here. Right There. It is essential that we are able and open to respond to everything and everyone without judgment and measurement. To respond in this way, is the… Facing Everything
As a tribute to our teacher, Ming Zhen Shakya I will post her work throughout the month of November. November 19th marks the 5th anniversary of her departure. Venerable Dharma teacher Ming Zhen Shakya Ming… November – In Memory of Ming Zhen Shakya
The World is Too Much with Us I feel the weight press against my chest. It comes from some twisted expectation. I am sure you don’t know that pressure. You keep your self busy and… The World is Too Much with Us
The Marvelous One The Marvelous One is the dweller in the bodies of all; that which you truly are…we are exhorted to cease from vain lamentations over the disappearance of what is transitory… The Marvelous One
A Single Thread, A Contemplative Order of Hsu Yun is pleased to offer to sincere practitioners the opportunity to work with one of the new monks in sewing a lay robe. To sew a robe… Sewing a Robe – Lay Ordination
Shakespeare gives us a fine image of good intentions gone awry: to his own detriment, a fellow so eagerly tries to mount a horse that he jumps clear over it. Just so, Macbeth, pondering… A Nobel Prize, Lunar Communion, The Beatitudes and a Song of David
Old Monk Flowering 老和尚开花 Lǎo héshàng kāihuā shakya We are happy to welcome a new monk (unsui) to A Single Thread | Contemplative Order of Hsu Yun. The Dharma ceremony took place this month in… ANNOUNCEMENT: Please Welcome a NEW Monk!
HEAVEN AND HELL by Ming Zhen Shakya I wish I didn’t enjoy my prison ministry so much. If it were less agreeable I could make myself seem like a martyr for making the trip… Heaven and Hell