Yin Ts'ao Shakya

I looked too hard for things that aren’t there

by Yin Ts'ao Shakya
January 3, 2017

Yin Ts’ao Shakya ‘Avalokiteshvara while practicing deeply with the Insight that Brings Us to the Other Shore, suddenly discovered that all of the five Skandhas are… Read More »I looked too hard for things that aren’t there

The Landlord

by Yin Ts'ao Shakya
March 13, 2016

An unexpected discovery casts a shadow over a young couple routine. In “The Landlord” our Former Abbot Ken shows us how love can overcome all obstacles and keep life in movement.

Death among the peaceful

by Yin Ts'ao Shakya
March 3, 2016March 4, 2016

How does a drive through a beautiful bucolic scene conceal disaster? Our Former Abbot Ken learns the hard way in the lovely Louisiana countryside in his “Death Among The Peaceful”

Happy Halloween!

by Yin Ts'ao Shakya
November 4, 2015

¡Feliz Día de los Muertos!

The Party

by Yin Ts'ao Shakya
August 7, 2015

Yin Ts’ao, in his own inimitable way, has personalized man’s essential conflict with the material world and all its spurious values. His setting is the home of newlyweds and his instrument of rejection is alcohol and maybe a few drugs. Welcome to “The Party”.