Right Speech
Upon reflection, I would like to tone down my enthusiasm [...]
Tell me a story about interbeing
Once upon a time, in a world not so [...]
A special transmission outside the scriptures
A special transmission outside the scriptures Depending not on words [...]
Does a fully enlightened person feel anger?
https://becoming-buddha.com/malunkyaputta-sutta-staying-focused/ My friend, the above story comes to mind. I [...]
Required Reading
Don't Look Down On Your Defilements, They Will Laugh At [...]
Thought Itself Is Buddha
When we are really stuck, when we don’t know, when [...]
On Stillness (credit to David Geller)
I quote David Geller who lived in my freshman year [...]
Thusness and Suchness (and AI)
I must admit, I'm very impressed with AI. I asked [...]
How do you teach someone to experience the infinite?
Q. How do you teach someone to see the infinite? [...]
Random Non-randomness
Every weekday a bunch of people (Sangha) meet via Zoom [...]
Wash Your Bowls
I heard the following at a retreat: A monk asked [...]
Who controls whom?
I've gone through life as if I'm a solo actor [...]
In Buddhist teachings, what does “Neither Increasing nor Decreasing” mean?
"Neither Increasing nor Decreasing" is a concept in Buddhist teachings [...]
It’s all about relationships
The Harvard Study of Adult Development lead to a book [...]
Tim Langell, nasty or a child of Buddha.
I got this email from Tim yesterday: FMZO Office Wed, [...]
I need to reduce stress
So it seems my painful neck and teeth were [...]
The Supremacy of Reason
I wonder if Ayn Rand included our intuitive, right-brain side [...]