I guess that isn't the talk of his I originally listened to. It was about the same length and also given in Australia, but the one I linked was several years ago. I don't know exactly what he talked …

A buddy of mine wrote recently asking for some words of advice on how to really benefit other people and I had to extol the virtues of a wholesome intention, notably as a Buddhist I often linger on t…

At the monastery I frequent, years ago one of the American Buddhist monks, who had spent most of his monk’s life wandering Asia, had a photo scrapbook he dubbed ‘The Buddhist Playboy.” It was photos …

@specialkayme I need to tell you something, and I hope you will take it with the good spirit with which it is intended.

S.O.B

I've considered myself a Zen Buddhist for about a decade now. I admit I'm having issues with faith this week. I understand that we're supposed to help other people become enlightened but I'm having t…

I was watching a documentary on Philip Roth, and it gave a really good impression of his major works. It inspired me, causing various images to arise in my mind’s eye, and swept me away to the Americ…

In my opinion, it's not just a case of he said, she said. It's a case of settler colonialism and apartheid. It's the case of real displacement and suffering in what's basically the world's biggest, o…

Happy Mother's Day to all who may be celebrating it today.

Nobody is going to save us, of this i know.