In celebration of the continuation day of Roshi Joan Halifax, please enjoy this poem. Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh taught us that his way of saying, “Happy Birthday” is “Happy Continuation Day!” So Happy 70th Continuation Day to you Roshi Joan Halifax. LONE MALLARD A lone mallard glides across the pond without her young practicing […]
Archives for July 2012
Equanimity
July 29, 2012 by
This is another quote from Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das. The subject is upekkha or equanimity, which is one of the four brahma viharas or “immeasurable minds” or “sublime abodes” that lead to liberation. What are the other three brahma viharas? Metta or loving kindness, karuna or compassion, and mudita or […]
Deep Listening and Loving Speech Are Meditation Practices
July 26, 2012 by
Deep listening and loving speech are the foundations of our meditation practices at the Mindfulness in Healing support group that takes place at the Pine Street Clinic in San Anselmo, California every Wednesday night. The group has been meeting now for more than three years. Last night, we had a especially touching gathering. After spending […]
Das Rad – The Wheel
July 22, 2012 by
Das rad – the Wheel is an award winning short film about a conversation between two rocks. This is the film that was referred to by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson in Cosmology and Buddhist Thought: Interview With Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Part 4. It is a lovely German cartoon by Chris Shtennera which was nominated […]
Bring The Earth Your Love
July 12, 2012 by
Many say that the Buddha was the first ecologist. He taught that the true nature of all things is that nothing exists by itself alone. Everything is interdependent on everything else. We are totally dependent on the earth for our existence. If we mess up this planet, we are done for as a species. This […]
Interview with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
July 10, 2012 by
Available Now – Cosmology and Buddhist Thought (see below) In May of 2011, I had the distinguished pleasure to interview Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr. Tyson is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History in […]
The Good, The True, And The Beautiful
July 4, 2012 by
This quote from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh speaks to the age old questions of determining the good, the true, and the beautiful. I think it was Plato that first presented these ideas. They are coming back in the digital era – see Dr. Howard Gardner’s lecture, below. The Good, The True, And The Beautiful Thich […]
Give As Much As You Receive
July 2, 2012 by
Generosity is one of the cornerstones of living a happy life. It teaches you to give as much as you receive, if not more. Albert Einstein must have been enjoyed the wisdom of Buddhas when he said the following. Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not […]
Happy Birthday Roshi Joan Halifax
July 1, 2012 by
Open Letter to Roshi Joan Halifax Dear Roshi: We met in 1997 at the Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) retreat in Santa Barbara sitting under a tree with a group of people. Maybe we will meet again in 2013 when Thay comes to Santa Cruz. You might remember me as having just been diagnosed with bladder […]
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