Seeing Clearly, Making Choices
When you were young and dreaming about the life ahead of you, did you know where it would lead? Were you able to imagine all the people and events you would encounter; all the choices you would make; the kind …
When you were young and dreaming about the life ahead of you, did you know where it would lead? Were you able to imagine all the people and events you would encounter; all the choices you would make; the kind …
One of my favourite stories is Urashima Taro, about a poor young fisherman of long ago who ventures to the beautiful underwater realm of the Sea Princess. Though he enjoys a wonderful time with her, eating and playing to …
Until a few years ago, McGrath State Beach had become a favourite location for our annual Dharma School summer campout. Then the park had to close due to intermittent flooding, though it has recently re-opened. The grassy and wooded campground …
Twelve boys and their coach—the Wild Boars soccer team in northern Thailand—finish practice and decide to explore a network of caves burrowing deep into the local mountainside. They do not hear the start of a monsoon downpour that quickly cuts …
If you have everything, perhaps nothing means anything.
If you have nothing, perhaps anything means something.
In this great country, signs of poverty are everywhere. We see tents and broken down trailers housing the homeless at freeway interchanges and curbside …
Have you ever looked back on your life and noticed how circuitous the route has been? Rarely can people trace a straight and narrow path from youth through adulthood. If we could leave a visible trail, it would look more
You don’t have to look far to see rapid changes in society brought on by the ever-increasing use of technology. Shopping malls, once commonly hubs of American activity, are fast disappearing due to the prevalence of online browsing. Driverless cars …
Now that we’ve set our clocks back to standard time, we live in darkness for a little longer each day. The sun shines less intensely and our own natural rhythms seem to slow just as the holiday season is upon …
I enjoy perusing the newsletters of other temples to get new ideas for activities, and I look forward to reading the dharma messages written by various ministers. It’s deeply inspiring, though, to come across wisdom shared by other members of …
I recently had the privilege of accompanying fifteen BCA youth to Japan for the biennial Young Buddhist International Cultural Study Exchange (YBICSE) program. First stop: Kyoto, where we stayed at the sprawling campus of Nishi Hongwanji, our head temple. On …