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Spirituality
Each Breath Gives Life – Parallel Verses for the Lunar ...
Plum Village offers these parallel verses to mark Tết, the Lunar New Year.
Rebuilding after the fire
In the early hours of Thursday 23rd January, the oldest building of Lower Hamlet...
Winter Council and Potluck
We concluded our year with Winter Council and a potluck. The Council, a powerful...
The Fifth Precept: Intoxication and the Path of Mindful...
When Shinzan asked me to write about my presentation on the Fifth Precept—the us...
A Brief Essay to Finding Your Buddha Nature
“To study the buddha way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget th...
Everyday ceremonials
Around the time I began writing these essays, now more than sixteen years ago, I...
Rohatsu 2024: Enlightenment Beyond Belief
I gave this talk today at our Rohatsu Zazenkai. A recording follows the text. Th...
New Year's Message 2025
Recently, several people have asked me about making New Year’s resolutions. Typi...
Morning Stars Everywhere Rohatsu Sesshin
This past weekend we honored Shakyamuni Buddha's awakening, conventionally celeb...
Generous Illumination
On the winter solstice, Saturday, December 21, 2024, Shannon O'Brien received j...
Taking the Measure of Arjuna’s Field
Geoff Keeton on The Wumenguan case 47, Tou-shuai's Three Barriers
The Threads of Being: Re-weaving the Fabric of Harmony ...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Decoding the Cosmic Blueprint: The Language of the Univ...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living Awaren...
The Eternal Present: Awakening to the Zen of Now
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
The Eternal Now: Embracing the Power of the Present Moment
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
The Language of the Universe: Decoding the Symbols of C...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Beyond Time and Space: Glimpses into the Infinite
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living Awaren...
Enlightenment Blossoms: Tending the Mindful Garden
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
The Mystery Unveiled: Experiencing the Divine Within
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living Awaren...
Journey to the Cosmic Heart: Awakening to the Unity of ...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Tranquil Shores: Navigating Zen's Peaceful Isles
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Unveiling the Celestial's Secrets
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
The Mindful Navigator: Charting a Course Through Life w...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Igniting the Inner Spark: Awakening the Power of Presen...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
The Quantum Leap of Faith: Trusting Your Intuition and ...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
The Zen Code: Unlocking the Language of Inner Peace
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Cradlesong Cosmic: Embracing the Universe's Hush
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Finding Stillness in the City: A Guide to Modern Mindfu...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Beyond the Maya: Contemplations Transcending Linear Time
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Quantum Haiku: Insights to Illuminate the Path
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
The Quantum Luminaire: Enlightenment's Radiant Path Rev...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Echoes of the Infinite: Listening to the Universe's Song
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Starlight Whispers: Celestial Revelations for The Seeki...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Stardust's Inner Glow: Illumining the Path Within
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Unveiling the Celestial Code
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
The Alchemy of Awareness: Transforming Self Through Cos...
~ ∞ ~ Non-linear Wisdom Teachings of Sambodhi Padmasamadhi - Awaken the Living...
Hells Bells and Buddhist Purelands
As I write this essay, there is an AC/DC album playing in the background. I li...
Pictures on My Wall
Many years ago, I attended a Dharma talk on nonattachment. The monk explained t...
Toward a Naturalistic, Pragmatic, Eudaimonic, and Cosmo...
The Buddha lived prior to the discoveries of modern physics, chemistry, biolog...
Morning Meditation — The field of boundless emptiness.
‘The field of boundless emptiness is what exits from the very beginning.’ Hongzh...
Morning meditation — Before us, no thing, yet nothing l...
‘Before us, no thing, yet nothing lacking. Effortless wisdom naturally manifests...
Morning meditation — To enter non-duality means to see.
‘To enter non-duality means to see that I and not I are not two.’ Kusan Sunim
Morning meditation — If people who cultivate the path g...
‘If people who cultivate the path give up fame to enter the mountains but fail t...
Morning meditation — When you sit, you’re sitting and w...
‘When you sit, you’re sitting and when you stand, you’re standing, and there is ...
Morning meditation — Bodhi originally exists — no need ...
‘Bodhi originally exists — no need to guard it. Delusion originally empty — no n...
Sanjay Nanda: Deepening Practice as a Practice Period C...
Embracing the Zen path through practice periods, YUZ, and a growing connection t...
The Peaceful Path of Tea: Interview with Teahouse Manag...
Tea gatherings at Green Gulch invite guests to drop into mindful presence.
Tassajara Summer Retreats 2025
San Francisco Zen Center is pleased to announce that Tassajara will be offering ...
Flow: A Buddhist Appreciation of the Film
Sundays Jan & I try to schedule a date night. We don’t pull it off quite as fre...
All people surpass the ordinary current: A Zen Dharma Talk
(A Dharma talk republished here with permission by Roshi Edward Sanshin Oberholt...
The Third of Dongshan’s Zen Ranks as a Christmas Medita...
(A Dharma talk first delivered by Edward Sanshin Oberholtzer, Roshi a couple of ...
A Zen appreciation of Christmas
I preached this reflection on the nature of Christmas two years ago at the First...
A Zen meditation in the middle of Hanukkah
Here we are well into Hanukkah. A most interesting holiday. One I understand tha...
Recalling the complex spiritual life of T. S. Eliot
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to ...
The Twelve Steps and Our Spiritual Journey
(At the close of the year our Zen sangha held a Rohatsu retreat. There were seve...
A Zen Peek Through Lewis Carrol’s Looking Glass
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Lewis Carrol to the world, died on the 14th of January...
A Small Meditation Ahead of the Inauguration
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment o...
Abandon Hope? A Zen Meditation
(On Saturday the 18th of January, Dr Chris Kaishin Hoff, an Empty Moon Zen Senio...
Utah earthquakes today
There were a series of Utah earthquakes today. Supposedly due to extremely high...
UNR Receives Grant To Help Improve Early Earthquake War...
The University of Nevada, Reno is getting a portion of a $12.5 million grant to ...
New magnitude-4.3 aftershock in Albania
(ANSAmed) - TIRANA, DECEMBER 2 - A new magnitude-4.3 aftershock was...
Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Hihifo in Tonga
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 122 km NW of H...
Four earthquakes hit southwest Alaska this weekend
Southwest Alaska felt four earthquakes over the last two days, according to the ...
Armenia commemorating 31st anniv. of devastating earthq...
December 7, 2019 - 11:05 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is commemorating the 31st ...
Magnitude 3.7 aftershock rumbles through Talkeetna Moun...
A Wednesday morning earthquake with an initial magnitude of 3.7 was felt in An...
Letters to the Editor: Can L.A. go without toilets afte...
To the editor: Visiting Christchurch, New Zealand, last fall was indeed a wake-u...
Earthquake hits Afghanistan and Pakistan, with 6.1-magn...
A powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan and Pakistan today forcing terrified re...
California to launch nation's first statewide earthquak...
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5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Puerto Rico, damage re...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Puerto Rico before dawn Mo...
New 5.9 Earthquake Rattles Puerto Rico, Causing More Po...
GUÁNICA, P.R. — Not long after José Méndez Marrero, a civil engineer, arriv...
What to Do During an Earthquake? Stay Safe with These S...
During an earthquake, the best course of action is to stay indoors ...
Earthquake Insurance: Essential Protection for Homeowners
Earthquake insurance provides protection against financial losses caused by ear...
Why is Earthquake Safety Critical in the USA? Safeguard...
Earthquake safety is crucial in the USA to protect lives and minimize property ...
16 Affirmation Meditation for Sacral Chakra
The word “Swadhistan” is a Sanskrit word. It is made up of two words; “Swa” whic...
Best Transforming Meditations for Solar Plexus Chakra
The word “Manipur” is a Sanskrit word. It is made up of two words; “Mani” which ...
The Throat Chakra | Etymology ( The Hidden Meaning ) th...
The word “Vishuddhi” is a Sanskrit word. It is made up of two words; “Visha” whi...
The Crown Chakra
The word “Sahasrara” is a Sanskrit word. It means “One Thousand” and symbolicall...
Zen: Introduction & Insight
Generally, the word Zen means a calm, attentive, and respective state of mind. F...
Book Hypnotherapy Session With Prakash Bhattarai
REGISTER NOW WHY HYPNOTHERAPY SESSION? Find a Source for Your Anxiety and Heal I...
Two Reasons Why You Should Practice Breathing Meditation
I hope you enjoy reading this post. Available online courses on Zen Osho Energ...
Holiday Anxiety: Why It Happens And How To Deal
Holiday anxiety may be common but it doesn’t have to ruin the season. Learn why ...
50 Ways to Improve Your Mood When You Are Having A Bad Day
Check out how these 50 simple and enjoyable activities can quickly improve your ...