Follow this link to see the Priory Newsletter where this was originally published. Recently, someone was asking me, via email, about some turbulent difficulties they were having with a family member and it seemed like it might be helpful to … Continue reading →
Follow this link to see the Priory Newsletter where this was originally published. It is axiomatic that the most important aspect of Zen is the practice of meditation. But, it is also very important that meditation be practiced in the … Continue reading →
Follow this link to see the Priory Newsletter where this was originally published. Most of the time, my compassionate impulse is to see a problem, analyze it, see what can be done to address the problem, and then implement the … Continue reading →
Follow this link to see the Priory Newsletter where this was originally published. By David Sease (David is a lay Buddhist who lives and practices in South Carolina.) Where I’m from in South Carolina, churches often have billboards out by … Continue reading →
To view the March 2019 newsletter where this was first published click here.) (There is a Sanskrit term, tanha, that is translated as thirst or craving; this term points to a regular human experience which is right at the center … Continue reading →
(To view the March 2019 newsletter where this was first published click here.) Rev. Master Haryo Young (This is based on a transcription of a talk given at the Lay Ministers’ retreat at Shasta Abbey in 2017 and was recently … Continue reading →
(To view the February 2019 newsletter where this was first published click here.) In an early Journal of Shasta Abbey (before it was the Journal of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives) Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett published an article called “How to … Continue reading →
(To view the January 2019 newsletter where this was first published click here.) Around Christmas, I was listening to the radio and a story came on about a classical violist, Betty Hauck, who went through the experience of losing a … Continue reading →
(To view the December 2018 newsletter where this was first published click here.) These days, for those of us new to Buddhism, our approach to the Dharma is often through our mental activity: we read and think about the Dharma … Continue reading →
(To view the November 2018 newsletter where this was first published click here.) There is a story I read once about a man who lived during the time of the Buddha. This man wanted to become a monk so he … Continue reading →
