Since all habit belongs to either the deluded panic of samsara or the noble path of enlightenment, it is best to develop the positive habit of the path of enlightenment that always creates the positive energy of love and faith,…
A gracious life and natural resources
“Although we hold the bowl open for an offering, the practice of takuhatsu [collecting alms] does not teach us to be dependent upon society, asking for something that is not earned, or pressuring a community for an entitlement to food…
Vita’s Tardis Vita’s Journey
VITA’S TARDIS VITA ON TOUR IN THE TARDIS Oh my Goddess me loved ones, you may well ask where “Vita.’ has been?. As a dear “Bowerbird I know suggested flat out inside my own inner Tar dis . (I do…
Valuing shared love shared experience for love
BE THE NEW STORY BE RESOLUTE WITH LOVE “It is important to have strong spiritual friendships not spiritual in the rarefied sense, but in a really down-to-earth way, to have good friends in the dharma with whom you can talk…
It’s ‘Time’ for genuine understanding humane growth
The five world religions are like the five fingers of the hand, pointing to the same moon. And I wonder, along with my children, what is the moon? – Sarah Ruhl, “Five Questions for Sarah Ruhl” THE FULL HAND OF…
Gough’s legacy to humanity ‘Listen Hear Think’
We must realize that modern civilization is thoroughly oriented towards dehumanizing humanity in every possible way; that is to say, we are fast turning into robots or statues with no human souls. Our task is to get humanized once more.…