Words of Wisdom for June 04, 2026

“To truly make peace with death, we first have to practice making peace with change itself.” – Jack Kornfield Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Cosmology and Buddhist Thought: A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson May you be free from suffering and the causes […]

Words of Wisdom for June 03, 2026

Nature does not hurry. And yet everything is accomplished. – Lao Tzu, Daily Peace Quote Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Anger Control Guided Meditation May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, –Jerome Set Featured Image

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins: Thoughts, Distractions, and the Path Back to Mindfulness

  Recently babysitting my granddaughter, after finishing The Butter Battle Book, Ada and I opened another Dr. Seuss classic: The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. It’s a story I’ve read many times over the years, but reading it with my seven‑year‑old granddaughter brought a fresh wave of insight — the kind that only arises when […]

Words of Wisdom for June 02, 2026

“Respected Mother, some of us ask what will happen to them once their physical form disintegrates. We know clearly that we will return to you. It is only natural. If we know how to contemplate, to look deeply, we will recognize the true no-coming and no-going nature of all things.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, Love […]

Butter Side Up, Butter Side Down: Dr. Seuss, My Granddaughter, and the Second Mindfulness Training

Last Thursday night I read The Butter Battle Book to my granddaughter Ada, age seven. It was the first of three books we shared before bed, and as soon as the Yooks and Zooks began arguing about which side of their bread should face the butter, I felt a familiar bell of mindfulness ring inside […]

Words of Wisdom for June 01, 2026

love is a deeper season / than reaso – e e cummings Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! 9 Minute Meditation May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, –Jerome Set Featured Image

Words of Wisdom for May 31, 2026

True happiness is based on peace. “It is my conviction that there is no way to peace – peace is the way.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to be Happy May you be free from […]

Words of Wisdom for May 30, 2026

To A Visitor Listen to the cicadas in treetops near thewaterfall;See how last night’s rains have washed awayall grime.Needless to say my hut is as empty as canbe,But I can offer you a window full of the mostintoxicating air ! – Ryokan, zen monk of Japan Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer […]

Words of Wisdom for May 29, 2026

Since Thay’s transition, our young monastic community has had to grow into our role with a lot of responsibility and expectations. We are on a continual learning journey of putting into practice Thay’s teaching for us to be an organism—not an institution— and to make decisions by consensus. He didn’t want us to become an […]

Words of Wisdom for May 28, 2026

Humans were the last to be created. We are the youngest. We must learn from our Elders, watching, looking and listening to all those created before us. – Pat McCabe Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Bay Area Meditators May you be free from […]