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Someone sent me this photo just now. This is Jan “Chozen” Bays, Roshi, a bright star of the Buddhadharma, a living, breathing example of “the Great Vow” of compassion. Many of …

What are the primary roles of the lama in a dharma community? The answer depends, of course, upon the community. Let’s consider Dekeling, the community some of us know best. You might remember in my t…

Thanks for Eric Platzek and Mary Woods for taking photos at the Medicine Buddha retreat. Watch for more info on sangha news in our newsletter, coming out mid-October, thanks to Teri Gelber. To see mor…

Someone on retreat this weekend asked me to post this again since fire season is coming. Is here. Thank you for your practice.

You can watch this excerpt from a talk by HH Dalai Lama here. His spirit really shines here.

In the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism, we often talk about the triad of view, meditation, and action as a framework for practice. View is the perspective from which we live and practice. The wider the …

I wrote this prayer for meeting new patients for a dharma student at their request several years back. Writing prayers is good practice. Prayer for the Bardo Between Patientswritten on 9/25/11, 10:55 …