Winter Retreat February 18th – April 1st
Benedict’s Dharma: Finding Nourishment in a Glutted and Spiritually Famished World Benedict in the title refers to Saint Benedict, who in 529 wrote a… Read More »Winter Retreat February 18th – April 1st
Benedict’s Dharma: Finding Nourishment in a Glutted and Spiritually Famished World Benedict in the title refers to Saint Benedict, who in 529 wrote a… Read More »Winter Retreat February 18th – April 1st
Please click on the images to read them. Author: Zhong Fen li Bao yu Di, A monk in training. A Single Thread is not… Read More »My Remembrance of Erin and Those That Loved Her in a New Light
No thing, no conditioned thing will give peace and contentment and happiness. Do not get entangled with things.
This is an ancient method used in Chan practice. It is a question asked over and over again and in all circumstances, such… Read More »The Basics of the Hua T’ou Method
Karma Yoga: Get Out! Get Out! By Fashi Lao Yue Xiang Shakya 合作智慧 Hézuò zhìhuì Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to… Read More »Get out! Get out! by Fashi Lao Yue
In the first yoga sutra of Patanjali we find a necessary instruction for the spiritual aspirant. It is simple and clear. This is the beginning… Read More »The Ox by Fashi Lao yue
There is a problem, central to religious life, which the Bible, with exquisite brevity, states for us in Luke Chapter 10: verses 38-42: Now as… Read More »Martha by Ming Zhen Shakya
When something goes your way, do you ascribe it to your skills….to luck….to good fortune? When something turns sour, do you ascribe it to your… Read More »To What….Do You Ascribe Things? By Fashi Lao Yue
Ask the Master What are the most important sutras? We are sometimes asked what are the most important sutras of our tradition?… Read More »What are the Most Important Zen Sutras?
What no eye has seen or ear heard….. In the Zen tradition there is a ritual for tending to and disposing of the remnants… Read More »How to Find God on the Zen Path: The Heart Sutra, The Thread of Love