Do Not KillRemember the first of the Ten Grave Precepts? “Do not kill.” While this translation is easier for Western people to grasp, the Japanese...
Kathleen Shokai Bishop Tokudo Ceremony, December 7, 2013Yesterday was December 7, 2013 Pearl Harbor Day a fortuitous day in American History and a day of silent meditation for those who lost...
“Whole Mind” from Meditations by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)In Thai, they have a word for practice–patibat–which also means looking after someone, to attend to someone’s needs. In the practice of...
The comings and goings of everyday mind…I am reading this wonderful new book by Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt titled The Essential Dogen Writings of the Great Zen Master....
The world goes round and roundThe world goes round and round and every so often something comes back into your life most unexpectedly. This, for me, is just another...
I ran into the Buddha today at the bank!Today was one of those days when I was rushing around to get my mother ready to go to the Alzheimer’s Daycare Center so I could go to...