Below is a link that I wholeheartedly recommend watching; especially for advanced students. It is both brilliant in its execution and spiritually illuminating. It may take some illumination to see the wisdom – but the… THE FRONT FELL OFF
Imagine entering every moment, every encounter with what comes into your life with a realization of not only not striving, not knowing but with the attitude of being ready and flowing out below the radar. In this essay, Fashi Lao Yue looks at the definition of humility from a number of angles and suggests humility is a force that strikes us — nothing to be toyed with — but requires a self-exam…..
Imaginative. Evocative. Lingering. Has Sophia Meyer-Greene tapped into our universal trait in her new flash fiction…. Killing “It has to be done,” she writes. “It has to.” She asserts. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Killing By Sophia… Killing by visiting writer Sophia Meyer-Greene
Some time ago I heard this story….told by a Buddhist teacher. She with several others went on a trip to Southeast Asia to work with Theravada Buddhist monks. When they arrived they were shown to… It’s Broken
This draft attempts to describe some of my strongest tendencies and activities primarily during my adult life. This initial effort may include assertions and observations that are fanciful, incomplete, or perhaps untrue. I have found… Spiritual Travels: What Brought Me to Here, A Monk’s Training Log
This biography is about an ordinary woman. A householder. Married. Children. Work. Aging. Illness. And all the ordinary things of life….except in the middle of it all, she looked for Truth….something universal, bigger than material interests….in this short bio you see her perseverence and determination to keep going, keep looking. It is inspiring as it is ordinary. Well worth the read. A wonderful reminder….begin and continue.
This is an ancient method used in Chan practice. It is a question asked over and over again and in all circumstances, such as “Who am I?” The question, if done with sincerity,… The Basics of the Hua T’ou Method
