ANNOUNCEMENT: Please WELCOME A NEW MONK!
Old Fire Lao Huo Shakya We are happy to welcome a new monk (unsui) to A Single Thread | Contemplative Order of Hsu Yun.… Read More »ANNOUNCEMENT: Please WELCOME A NEW MONK!
ADVANCED TEACHING: Live Without Desire
All phenomena, the Buddha once said, are rooted in desire. Everything we think, say, or do — every experience — comes from desire. Even we come from… Read More »ADVANCED TEACHING: Live Without Desire
We Think What We Want – We Want What We Think
Shakespeare gives us a fine image of good intentions gone awry: to his own detriment, a fellow so eagerly tries to mount a horse that… Read More »We Think What We Want – We Want What We Think
Indeed, Everything is a Spiritual Message
We, each one of us, have failed, fallen, stumbled; missed the mark of the Spiritual High Bird. Not one of us can cast a… Read More »Indeed, Everything is a Spiritual Message
No Sides! No Sides!
FREE NEW E-ZEN Chapbook No Sides! No Sides! by Ming Zhen Shakya With a simple computer click we choose “like” or “dislike” over and… Read More »No Sides! No Sides!
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
Buddha’s Dharma with St. Benedict’s Rule
FREE E-Book Buddha’s Dharma with St. Benedict’s Rule All images by Fly 2018
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