Essays

Whereas most mammals maintain a protected internal environment for the growing fetus, birds use an external protective covering consisting of calcium called a “shell.” This… Read More »The Egg in Hand

I remain fastened to steadiness. I stay connected to something bigger than the usual stories, to the usual desires to repair the apparent broken limbs… Read More »August, 2015 – Summer Days of a Buddhist Recluse

When we are not emotionally bound to any worldly thing, we are free to choose. It is the decision made by Siddhartha Gautama when he… Read More »Buddha Eyes

A Zen Buddhist Contemplative Practice We are a new order rooted in the ancient teachings of Zen. We are inclusive, contemplative and are what we… Read More »A Zen Contemplative Practice

Photo credit: Yao Xiang Shakya, efh © By Yao Xiang Shakya, efh I came to love tea as a child sitting at one end of… Read More »When Tea is Offered

    In 1981 the villagers of El Mozote, El Salvador were systematically massacred by the Atlacatl Salvadorian soldiers. The village men were taken into… Read More »Discrimination: Song from El Mozote

  Photo Credit: Yao Xiang Shakya © Communion with the Doubter By Yao Xiang Shakya, efh I rise at 4:00 am to the sounds of… Read More »Eating God. The Universal Principle of Conversion