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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, recidivism is to penal rehabilitation. Both represent failure, and Zen… 

90 Days of Silence

May we with all beings realize the emptiness of the three wheels, giver, receiver and gift. Language helps us understand but it does not take us beyond the material realm. Those who want to go… 90 Days of Silence

The Will to Choose

Work! Your Hair is on Fire! Don’t say, “I DON’T HAVE TIME!” Those words do not encourage, they deflate and burden the mind. It is, as some might say, stupid to think repeating those words is in… The Will to Choose

Sacrifice Innumerable Sacrifices A Daily Practice of Devotion   Let’s start with a chant, Innumerable Sacrifices. Innumerable sacrifices brought us this food; We consider how it comes to us. We reflect on our virtue and… 

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 Welsh arth means “bear.” In sanskrit, artha means wealth, the… The Arthur Sermon