Podcast Episodes

Mountains and Rivers are Sutra

I will be joining the Mud Lotus Sangha in West Virginia for our first sesshin of the year. Sesshin is now often translated as a Zen-style meditation …

4 months, 1 week ago

Being Born and Unborn

Greetings Friends,

This past weekend I had the opportunity to join the Pause Meditation community for a deep dive into practice around the theme of th…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

the world is not what we name it or think it

I wanted to share with you a profound, beautiful and somewhat unsettling teaching from the Diamond Sutra.

I would say its unsettling precisely because…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Realizing the Mind that Abides Nowhere

dust returns to dust earth to earth mind always at home in itself where does it return?

This past week I was reflecting on the 6th Chan Ancestor, Huin…

5 months ago

A Lotus Blooming in the Fire

A lotus blooming in the fire is an image that comes from the Zen tradition. And before I write further on the symbolism of the image or the dharma te…

5 months, 1 week ago

Our Extra-Ordinary Heart

Greetings Friends,

I have been reflecting on one of the simplest and perhaps most profound teachings in the Buddhist tradition— the teaching of our ex…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Compassion is Our Nature

Greetings Friends,

In the heartbreak, pain, confusion of this moment. I wish to remember together the Way of the Bodhisattva.

The image or archetype o…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Stepping from the One-Hundred Foot Pole

New Years Blessings! And wow, it feels like its off to a chaotic start. In times like these, I find it vital to ground myself in this bodhisattva vow…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Faith, Heart and the Return of the Light

When faith and mind are not separate. And not separate are mind and faith, this is beyond all words, all thoughts.

If you have been reading these post…

7 months, 1 week ago

Telling the Story of Awakening

Tis’ the season for story-telling. I don’t know about you, but there are certain stories I can hear over and over again. These stories often have myt…

7 months, 2 weeks ago