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jhalifax
“In the heart of winter, the chill freezes lakes and rivers; water becomes so solid that it can bear men, beasts and carts. As the spring approaches, earth and water warm up and thaw. What... More »
HummingBird
31/12/08 Gien’s words Hello friends and family 2008 was a year of great personal change for me It was a year I left Canada, my home for my whole life until now to come marry... More »
Cinc
Thesis: High tech gadgetry doesn't seem to matter to Buddhists. And for good reason. A most curious matter: My source for what follows is the highest of Shakyamuni Buddha's teachings, The Lotus Sutra* . The... More »
Zeal
Osho is one of the most venerable, and yet the most denigrated, of spiritual masters. Why? Well, several reasons have been adumbrated. Firstly, people in Integral (Ken Wilber) circles, of which I am a part,... More »
jhalifax
Transition: Nanao Sakaki Breaks the Mirror nanao sakaki On winter Solstice night, beloved and renown poet Nanao Sakaki stepped out of his mountain hut in the star-filled night and died. He once wrote: Read books... More »
Ted Biringer
Someone said, “I have read in Buddhist scriptures that dana, or giving, contains all practices. Is that true?” Louie Wing said, “Yes.” The person asked, “I don’t understand. How can giving contain all practices?” Louie... More »
jhalifax
there is nothing about zen that is not this: You Reading This, Be Ready Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers,... More »
jhalifax
these times, so chaotic and challenging, remind me how important our relationships are. a friend sent me this gary snyder poem, and it captures what i am feeling...... For The Children The rising hills, the... More »
starlight
Little Buddha: Papa, why did Buddha leave his home and family and go sit underneath a tree? Papa: he was searching for truth my son... Little Buddha: and did he find it? Papa: why yes... More »
Global Oneness Project
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes how oneness begins as an internal experience , explaining that Tibetan Buddhists have studied and meditated a great deal on this ultimate truth. While traditional... More »
