Wait! by Lao Huo Shakya
…the practical man is here invited: to a training of his latent faculties, a bracing and brightening of his languid consciousness, an emancipation from the… Read More »Wait! by Lao Huo Shakya
…the practical man is here invited: to a training of his latent faculties, a bracing and brightening of his languid consciousness, an emancipation from the… Read More »Wait! by Lao Huo Shakya
Ayya Medhanandi Breakfast Reflections I’ve talked quite a bit about the tornado and eye of the tornado. And I spoke more about the… Read More »At the Core of the Coreless
More and more I have less and less to say. I am like an old rusty water spigot that drips single, slow drops on… Read More »Unbearable Bliss
Earlier this summer, I took vows to live my life as a Zen monk. In a dawn ritual, my head was shaved, I received a… Read More »Doing It Right
Shraddha – Confident Faith We take in our life through our sense doors. We see what is there and we see what is missing.… Read More »It’s a Jungle of Faith
I see you look only at the constructions of the I-ego and end up thinking and believing that those constructions are who you… Read More »Looking at the Cloth and How it is Put Together – Finding the Flawless Silk
We all have some capacity to be open, to both give and receive. Sometimes, however, we close down and are unable to give… Read More »The Capacity to Open
People who write homilies and other spiritual tracts have a wish list: We’d like a license to skew our grammatical constructions to allow… Read More »Seeking Truth by Ming Zhen Shakya
The field of boundless emptiness (unconditioned love) is what exists from the very beginning. You must purify, cure, grind down, or brush away all the… Read More »Advanced Teaching: Living Without a Storyline!
Old Fire Lao Huo Shakya We are happy to welcome a new monk (unsui) to A Single Thread | Contemplative Order of Hsu Yun.… Read More »ANNOUNCEMENT: Please WELCOME A NEW MONK!