Are you thinking or are you practising?
I’ve been rummaging around the scriptures to find out more about the universal law that “without fail, evil is vanquished and good prevails.” I loved the sound of it but was looking for proof! It’s fun rummaging around because I get to pick the brains of some interesting thinkers, both dead and alive. But this [...]
A Zen Buddhist navigates Social Media
Twenty-five years ago, a random phenomenon of crossed phonelines became the first chatline in my area. As a curious but shy young teenager, I revelled in being able to talk to new people without having to worry about what I looked like, or if I was safe. The others were mostly in their 20s to [...]
Training with Depression
This is a discussion that emerged on the facebook page of Zen Master Seikai of Pine Mountain Buddhist Temple in California, reprinted with permission from those of us who took part. Rev. Seikai That’s been the story of my life: training with Depression. Love and merit to everyone who is suffering from it. It [...]
Too busy to meditate?
Adapted with kind permission from a talk by Dr Reggie Ray of Dharma Ocean, Colorado. “Life emerges out of the silence of our inner being. The life that we have in our mind is actually not who we are. That pre-planned life is rigid. It’s artificial and unresponsive. Many people tell me “I’m having a lot [...]
Your heart is your compass
Adapted from CD “A Lamp in the darkness” by Jack Kornfield © 2011 and printed with permission of Sounds True. You need a reliable compass to set your direction and steer through the rough waters when you are going through hard times, when you’ve been betrayed, when you’ve lost your job, when you’ve lost friends [...]
