Podcast Episodes

The Dark Side of Enlightenment

When we enter the path of practice, two paths open up simultaneously—first we have the path of what we think we are doing. This is the practice metho…

1 year, 7 months ago

Eight Realizations of Great Beings

As the calendar year comes to an end, I offer this poem as a re-write of a text that one of my Sanghas has been studying. The text is called The Eigh…

1 year, 7 months ago

Let's Awaken Together

While sitting under the bodhi tree through the night, Shakyamuni Buddha saw the morning star, was enlightened and said:

I, together with the great ear…

1 year, 7 months ago

A Sensuous Solidarity

What do you want?

What do you really want?

The cyber Monday sales have been flashing items, workshops, experiences that we could possibly want, that we…

1 year, 7 months ago

What Haunts You?

Greetings Friends!

In these last few weeks I have been reflecting a lot on the story of Matchig Labdron and the roots of a practice known as Chod, a …

1 year, 8 months ago

Fierce Hope

It’s beautiful to be taking refuge together in all the various places we find ourselves.

Ah. Here we are. Survivors of the election. Spiritual warrior…

1 year, 8 months ago

Hidden in the Shadows

A couple weeks ago I heard a sound near our back screendoor, as if an animal were wrestling with a large bag of cat food. I assumed my cat Sasha was …

1 year, 8 months ago

Realizing Impermanence

As part of Autumn Ango with the Zen Community of Oregon, we are contemplating a text called the Eight Realizations of a Great Being. A text that some…

1 year, 9 months ago

The Play of Light and Shadow

Since leaving the monastery a few years ago, I have become interested in how the ancient Zen teachers talked about the spiritual path. Language about…

1 year, 9 months ago

The Harmony of Difference and Sameness

I am just returning from my first in-person Zen sesshin here in Ohio. It was wonderful to practice the familiar rhythm of a silent, Zen-style meditat…

1 year, 9 months ago