“Yes, the compassion ration certainly went up and up, didn’t it?” agreed the priest. “My own teacher used to say that Compassion is catching.”
Buddhism
This pagoda is an orphanage, by John Martone
The pagoda did not start out as an orphanage. It became one over time, by default. This was a place to leave children. Soon it became a place to leave…
Son master Chinul
Sentient beings deceive themselves through their own actions. They themselves perceive that “this is an ordinary man,” “this is a saint,” “this is oneself,” “this is someone else,”…
Instruction, observation, and experience. by Trevor Leggett
So we have these two extremes — blind faith without enquiry, and enquiry which is no real enquiry at all; it’s just an endless sort of doubt, and still lacks focus…
Peaceful Awareness by D. T. Suzuki
Reading this poem reminds me of Bodhidharma’s declaration to Eka: ‘On your behalf I have already bestowed on you peaceful awareness’ Without this special element in religion, shinjin or satori would not be possible.
Burma’s Saffron Revolution
I would like to talk to you about events in my country. The situation is so sad. I wish I knew the answer to stop all of this…
Human life is extremely hard to find, by Geshe Sonam Rinchen
A blind turtle lives on the ocean bed and surfaces just once every hundred years. A golden yoke floats on the vast ocean, blown here and there by the wind. What are the chances of the turtle surfacing at just the right time and in just the right place to be able to put its head through the yoke?
The Willow by Trevor Leggett
Thought I would like to share this verse and Zen Calligraphy with you from a new printing of The old Zen Master by Trevor Leggett. Very apt in the current financial crisis…
Buddhism now 