Monthly Archives: January 2019

  Good morning!   We have our regular sesshin today. Sesshin is embracing and touching the heart/mind. The Heart Sutra we recited is the heart of the Awakened Way in the shortest sutra, scripture. I think Avalokita-īsvara or Avalokita-svara Bodhisattva … Continue reading →

  Good morning!   The weather forecast is for snow soon. Science has advanced in predicting the weather, but not yet pinpointing, much less so in the area of human suffering and solution. The Tenfold Interdependent Co-origination is ascribed to … Continue reading →

  Good morning!   I forwarded a video recording a dog taking care of another in sickness, unmovable in between railway tracks and under passing trains for two days. One reaction I got was amazement for the compassion, the person … Continue reading →

  Good morning!   The Four Holy Truths are problem solving methods: problem, cause, solution, and application/practice. Our life problem is suffering, duk-kha, wrong-going (against the grain: wish). Our life in suffering is illustrated in the schema of Twelvefold Interdependent … Continue reading →