The Gift of No Abode

Several years prior to any formal spiritual practice, I was walking through New York City’s East Village one night during a particularly cold March rain. I was a starving artist on my way home from an evening of waiting tables, and I was experiencing great difficulty...

Encore: Showing Up

This entry comes from the book, Awake in This Life. _____ Only a Buddha with a Buddha realizes enlightenment. —Lotus Sutra All real living is meeting. —Martin Buber When I see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I see that I am everything, that is love. And...

This was an amazing weekend for us. The quiet. The great food. The shuso ceremony. And the rain. All of  it reminded us that shifts, seasonal and otherwise, occur outside as well as within each of us. Allowing for this shift encourages us to live with open minds and...

Lo and behold… There are two links pointing to the same podcast feed. We’ll soon be using only this one. It’d be great to have those of you who’ve reviewed and offered your gracious comments on the other link to do the same on the newer link....

Ah, dreamlessness…

I’m always fascinated with this circadian rhythm thing. After evening meditation I sometimes find that the night takes on a decidedly calm spaciousness. The flow from wakefulness into the deepening stages sometimes anchors itself in dreamlessness coupled with...

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