coastal, written 3 weeks ago, I am embracing the Oregon coast.

Lord Totsarot dies in grief, written 2 weeks ago, The Wedding ceremony; (Continued from the Molee Bow Lifting Ceremony) After Phra Ram succeeded in winning the Molee bow lifting competition, the Ruesi hermit sage Chanok sent a royal messenger to ayodhaya to invite ram's father Lord Totsarot to be p...

Not All Things Happened Is Due To Karma, written 3 days ago, Hi, I was chatting with Venerable K Dhammadinna Thera yesterday and we both came to a common understanding that "not all things happened is due to Karma". We both also agreed that we could change our fate. Ven said to me, &quo...

Eat Like a Yogi:  How do lessons learned on the mat translate to pleasures of the table?, written 2 days ago, Just take a quick peek inside the kitchen of Ayurvedic educator and yoga teacher Scott Blossom’s Berkeley, California, home. In the pantry you’ll find ghee and sunflower-seed bu...

Force-fed enlightenment for the hungry ghosts.

A Rose for Your Pocket by Thich Nhat Hanh, written 1 week ago, Our parents are the most wonderful and precious treasures that we are given. But we never fully realise their importance or ever cherish them enough. I never understood how dear my parents truly are until I became a mother myself. The h...

This blog aims to connect all diamond way practitioners and to introduce Buddhism to everyone interested. (With some Greek)

A Zazen blog.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008, written 3 weeks ago, The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition is run by the Natural History Museum in London and the BBC Wildlife Magazine. This year’s overall winner is Steve Winter for his photo capture of the rare snow leopard. Photos from compet...

A former religion addict reflects on all the seeking, searching and not-finding. "Truth is not found - it's only recognized, or known again through the mirror of reality."

Full Moon Day: The Big Issue, written 1 week ago, . . . The Big Issue Being in the Thai Forest Tradition we naturally eat a lot of Thai Food. Sometimes Thai people bring food in the morning to offer at the meal; sometimes our resident chefs knock up a little sticky rice and chilli; and whether th...

Join the fundraising dinner Saturday night!, written 3 weeks ago, Join us this Saturday evening (11.01) for a benefit dinner aimed to raise funds for the Dzogchen Shri Singha Foundation and the Idaho Food Bank. We are supporting a six month internship currently happening at the Dzogchen Retreat Cent...

Transparent Prison, written 4 days ago, This site began in the summer of 2006, for therapeutic reasons, while I was recovering from a heart attack. As time passed, I began to receive email from a variety of readers, and thus came to learn of their several interests. I came to understand there are pe...

Survivors group: Did House chaplain once hide clergy sex crimes?, written 2 days ago, Roll Call revealed Wednesday that the Catholic priest who currently serves as chaplain for the House of Representatives formerly oversaw a retreat outside Chicago where troubled priests were sent, including those a...

Cultivating the Buddhist Heart Symposium, written 1 month ago, A symposium I am now working on is just a week ahead. This symposium offers the opportunity to share and discuss the Buddhist approach to live in peace and fulfillment in our everyday lives, and also to find the way to connect inner peac...

Regarding Obama, written 1 week ago,

Moving on, written 3 weeks ago, We are thankfully winding down another election year circus here in the States where intelligent dialogue has gone backstage to leave room on the political public stage for divisive posturing. The debating and bickering about what Washington will and won’t do for or...

Coming Home, written 2 weeks ago, I’ve just returned from a weekend retreat at our dojo.  I’ll probably write about some of my experiences in the coming weeks but for now I need to let things settle.  One thing that I wanted to celebrate and express my gratitude for though was a conversation w...

Art Every Day Month - Day 4, written 2 weeks ago, California Country Morning This is an experiment using ink, stamps, and a brayer to spread color, and colored pencil and ink for detail. I drew this on 7 x 10″ sketch paper.

Zencast 180 - Patience, written 4 weeks ago, Patience - Andrea Fella Audio Dharma ; Insight Meditation Center ; Andrea Fella