Facing Everything
Facing Everything Zen Buddhist Training Right Here. Right There. It is essential that we are able and open to respond to everything and everyone without judgment and measurement. To respond in this way, is the… Facing Everything
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
The World is Too Much with Us
The World is Too Much with Us I feel the weight press against my chest. It comes from some twisted expectation. I am sure you don’t know that pressure. You keep your self busy and… The World is Too Much with Us
The Marvelous One
The Marvelous One The Marvelous One is the dweller in the bodies of all; that which you truly are…we are exhorted to cease from vain lamentations over the disappearance of what is transitory… The Marvelous One
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 monks in sewing a lay robe. To sew a robe… Sewing a Robe – Lay Ordination
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
ANNOUNCEMENT: Please Welcome a NEW Monk!
Old Monk Flowering 老和尚开花 Lǎo héshàng kāihuā shakya We are happy to welcome a new monk (unsui) to A Single Thread | Contemplative Order of Hsu Yun. The Dharma ceremony took place this month in… ANNOUNCEMENT: Please Welcome a NEW Monk!
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
The Feminist and the Monk
Introduction Carol W. Gundersen has been a feminist since the early days of the modern women’s movement. She was a founding member of the NOW chapter in her community in 1970, she marched for… The Feminist and the Monk
The Physician and the Monk
The Physician. The following letter is written by Lao Huo Shakya, a monk of the Contemplative order of Hsu Yun, to her father, A. Erik Gundersen, M.D. (retired). During a long and illustrious career, Dr.… The Physician and the Monk
Number 5: The Spiritual World of Work
Work as Devotion Trouble with Likes, Dislikes and Indifferences Knowledge is not produced. Knowledge does not come through argument or debate. Argument and debate are changing forms. Knowledge… Number 5: The Spiritual World of Work