Practice the Precepts as Path
do no harm – cultivate goodness – purify the mind For in the fullness of Heaven and Earth there is nothing that is not… Read More »Practice the Precepts as Path
Essays
Two Leashes: Narcissism or Humility
Two Leashes: Narcissism and or Humility by FLY 2018 Proviso. Most of the ideas in this essay come from ancient sages from different traditions.… Read More »Two Leashes: Narcissism or Humility
The Dharma of the Rat’s Ass
In Memory of Venerable Ming Zhen Shakya My teacher, more times than I can remember, would say to me at the end of a… Read More »The Dharma of the Rat’s Ass
Where Suffering Cooks UP
Pot & Lid by FLY Although Pandora’s box was really a jar, when she, who was made of clay, took off the the… Read More »Where Suffering Cooks UP
KUDZU, BLACK PEARLS, & DANGEROUS BELIEFS – Part 2
We’re all certain that we’re immune to the contagion of disastrous conviction, that we’ll never be vulnerable to a belief that is too foolish… Read More »KUDZU, BLACK PEARLS, & DANGEROUS BELIEFS – Part 2
KUDZU, BLACK PEARLS, & DANGEROUS BELIEFS – Part 1
Belief, being as contagious as a virus and often just as deadly, can put a teacher in the uncomfortable position of being both its vector… Read More »KUDZU, BLACK PEARLS, & DANGEROUS BELIEFS – Part 1
In the Bardo: Uncertainty as Refuge
Have you read Lincoln in the Bardo? Author George Saunders is a Buddhist, and this award-winning novel is a Buddhist fable. It is a… Read More »In the Bardo: Uncertainty as Refuge
Think Differently!
Think Differently! There is Nothing in the World and Everything All at Once Nothing is separated as the jet rolls across the sky and the… Read More »Think Differently!
Killing by Sophia Meyer-Greene
Imaginative. Evocative. Lingering. Has Sophia Meyer-Greene tapped into our universal trait in her new flash fiction, Killing “It has to be done,” she writes. “It… Read More »Killing by Sophia Meyer-Greene
What When We Do It Leads to Eternal Well-Being
We think we have plenty of time, especially when we are young and vibrant. Youth intoxicates us into thinking we have time to postpone what… Read More »What When We Do It Leads to Eternal Well-Being