A Mountain Monk When I say I am a monk, people often ask me what kind of monk. Am I a Buddhist monk? A Zen monk? Am I affiliated with a certain monastery or lineage? I suppose I … [Read more...]
Eating Zen – The Meal Gatha 2
Eating Zen – The Meal Gatha (9 minutes) This is part of the Awakening Tool Kit – Awakening Practices for Daily Life. Zen is not just about sitting on a cushion. It is about every moment of our daily … [Read more...]
The 5 Myths of Ego-Based Spiritual Teaching
Exploding the 5 Myths of Ego-Based Spiritual Teaching David Hoffmeister, a popular teacher of A Course In Miracles, was speaking at an event. A member of the audience asked, “You’ve been speaking for … [Read more...]
The Embodied Divine
There is a junction where the un-manifest meets the manifest, where the formless meets form. It is like the meeting point of ocean and wave. In this meeting point the un-manifest becomes manifest, the … [Read more...]
The Enlightened Rainbow
Most of us love rainbows. They are beautiful. And they also have much to teach us about life and truth. One of the reasons we love rainbows so much is because they are clearly so temporary. As soon as … [Read more...]
The Body
What is the body made of? If we look carefully, we can see it is made of only four elements: earth, air, fire and water. Earth is the body's bones, skin, teeth. Fire is the heat generated in all … [Read more...]