Dharma Essays

This is an article Lion’s Roar published. Click Here to read.

The Convergence of Vedanā, Our Mammalian Physiology, and Awakening Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS) interviewed me about an upcoming course I will be teaching in August.  The theme covers the intersection between mammalian physiology and aspects of the Buddhist Path. I feel this is an essential conversation for our communities to continue to engage […]

I want to give a warm heart-felt welcome to all of you who are visiting this new website. In Soto Zen monasteries, a chant recited at meals begins, “Seventy-two labors brought us this food. We should know how it comes to us.” Seventy-two refers to the seventy-two individual jobs found in a monastery, ranging from cook […]

This article first appeared in the Mountain Hermitage newsletter. I reprint it here, slightly edited, with the hope that you will find it interesting and possibly useful.  During the Buddha’s time, a group of monks happened upon one of their fellow monastics in the forest, the Venerable Bhaddiya (Ud 2.10). “Ah, what bliss, ah, what bliss,” […]

This is an article that I wrote for the Mountain Hermitage that you may find of interest.  Here it is: Driving west from Winslow, I see mountains in the distance, lightly covered with snow. This landscape provides the context for my life here in Arizona and offers my heart a reminder of the vast and […]