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 out to Jean every Wednesday. But the fact is,… Heaven and Hell by Ming Zhen Shakya
Time to Resurrect This Teaching on Love by Ming Zhen Shakya
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
November – In Memory of Ming Zhen Shakya
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
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 that he jumps clear over it. Just so, Macbeth, pondering… 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 make myself seem like a martyr for making the trip… Heaven and Hell
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 by Ming Zhen. I read it several times and after… Being Resolute
Exhibitionist Politics by Ming Zhen Shakya, OHY
This piece, although written in 2003, is quite up-to-date on what happens when protests become terror and when breaking the rules of law and order enter as trickery and outrageous. Our dear teacher, the late Ming Zhen uplifts us to remember the more things change the more they remain the same…to some degree or another. It’s worth reading!
A Religion Called Zen Buddhism by Ming Zhen Shakya
Welcome to this wonderful, iconic essay of our late teacher Ming Zhen Shakya. Many may know this article was published on the Chinese Buddhist website here. Also, for those who do know of Hank Hill… A Religion Called Zen Buddhism by Ming Zhen Shakya