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Meditation Is The Stream Of Life
Gary Snyder, in “Just One Breath,” shows us how meditation is the stream of life. His words, repeated here, are the weekly words of wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das for this week. When we become one with the stream of life, we feel the flow of peace and tranquility. We recognize our interbeing with all […]
Moment To Moment Non-Judgmental Awareness
In this video, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn explains why the cultivation of moment to moment non-judgmental awareness can be a powerful antidote to worry, fear or depression. This is his definition of mindfulness. It is cultivated by paying attention as if you life depended upon it. He says that “We have to remember that we are only alive […]
Vows of the Bodhisattvas
Vows of the Bodhisattvas Creations are numberless, I vow to free them Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to transform them Reality is boundless, I vow to perceive it The awakened way is unsurpassable, I vow to embody it A bodhisattva is an enlightened being who has forsaken final nirvana in order to help save all […]
Buddha Gallery For May 28, 2013
Buddha Gallery For May 28, 2013 Others may not understand that we must practice self-control, but quarrelling dies away in those who understand this fact. -Dhammapada 6
Not Far From Enlightenment
The words of wisdom for this week chosen by Lama Surya Das are from The Dalai Lama. He tells us that we are not far from enlightenment as humans! This is a sweet statement because other teachers have made similar statements. For example, just the other day, we learned from Roshi Bernie Glassman in Bernie Glassman […]
Love Letter To The Earth
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (known as Thay by his beloved followers) and Parallax press have announced the publication date of a new book titled, “Love Letter to the Earth.” The book will be published on Tuesday, June 11. The publication coincides with a meeting of International Vipassana Teachers at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, […]
Bernie Glassman Talked At Google
Zen Master Bernie Glassman talked at Google very recently. This lovely new video about his teaching of Zen and his work with the homeless. He outlined something that is called, “mandala practice,” which is a holistic approach to social action. It involves five different types of energy: spiritual energy, training energy, social action energy, livelihood energy, and […]
The Dude And The Zen Master
Jeff Bridges was featured yesterday on my Facebook page here. It was in a quote from Tricycle Daily Dharma in which he said, “You can spend a lot of energy being upset, or you can get with the program—it’s that right effort thing—get the beauty of the way it is.” He has recently written a […]










Comments On The Bodhisattva Vows
Yesterday, I presented the Vows of the Bodhisattvas in two versions. One of the versions was from the San Francisco Zen Center and their founder, Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. It goes like this: Beings are numberless. I vow to awaken with them. Delusions are inexhaustible. I vow to end them. Dharma gates are boundless. […]
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