Sewing a Robe – Lay Ordination
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… Read More »Sewing a Robe – Lay Ordination
Essays
A Nobel Prize, Lunar Communion, The Beatitudes and a Song of David
Shakespeare gives us a fine image of good intentions gone awry: to his own detriment, a fellow so eagerly tries to mount a horse… Read More » A Nobel Prize, Lunar Communion, The Beatitudes and a Song of David
Heaven and Hell
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… Read More »Heaven and Hell
In Memory of Qian Shen Shakya
Qian Shen Shakya (Rhonda Martinez) wife, mother, daughter, and sister; Zen teacher and mentor. Qian Shen Shakya, wife of Sad Monk –… Read More »In Memory of Qian Shen Shakya
I have for some time, viewed many of the essays sent in and finally thought possibly I would send something in that possibly may be of… Read More »
The Subcaster EM Cairn © 2017 It was a hard day – like most. The ground felt as though it was on an uphill incline… Read More »
Work as Devotion; It’s All About Attention
WAIT! May I Have Your Attention? Getting off track and daydreaming or entering a scattered mind state seems like an epidemic. From screen watching… Read More »Work as Devotion; It’s All About Attention
Ming Zhen Shakya speaks on….Expectations & Martin Buber Ming Zhen Shakya speaks…On Expectations Expectations by Ming Zhen Shakya, OHY What backsliding is to religious conversion,… Read More »
Remembrance of Karma Yoga
Hell is empty… and all the devils are here. The Tempest, Shakespeare This fellow Shakespeare knew a thing or two. The line comes from the… Read More »Remembrance of Karma Yoga
Old Age is a Boon
Remembrance of Aging The Four Boons of Aging. My hope is to pull the door open, even if it is just a crack, on what… Read More »Old Age is a Boon
The Arthur Sermon
Escape from Hell We named him Arthur which is a name derived from the word bear. In Medieval Latin Arthurus/Arturus, usually said to be from… Read More »The Arthur Sermon
Being Resolute
Personal Note When I first came in contact with Ming Zhen Shakya, our late founder and my teacher, I had read this particular essay written… Read More »Being Resolute