Years ago, during a fundraising gala for the Chan Meditation Center, I met Master Sheng Yen’s first Western monastic disciple, Paul Kennedy, and we invited
Using ki, water, and ink to express impermanence
I was sparring in karate class. We were doing our usual thing, fighting each other happily as Kyokushin karatekas tend to do, smacking each other around in
Walking the Dharma in in modern America
Exploring creativity and the teachings as a Serti silk…
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I found myselfsuddenly voluminous,three-dimensioned,a many-roofed building in moonlight. So writes Jane Hirshfield in her collection The Beauty (Knopf 2015). She is describing a startling moment
Approaching Buddhism with right understanding
The American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead famously said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only
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How to recognize enjoyment and preferences without…
A perspective that focuses on interconnectedness, or…
