Mindfulness is a direct experience of your original nature.
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What Is It Like To Be On Retreat?
Fran Kaplan shares her retreat experience at the Springwater Center for Meditative Inquiry in upstate New York. All Day Retreat in Nature, Saturday, November 19, 2022! Join Ordinary Zen Sangha for our all-day retreat at Myakka River State Park. Mark your calendars!
Time Travelers
Dependent origination = A time of reckoning.
The Thief In The Weeds
The thief in the weeds is finally subdued.
Walking in Buddha’s Footprints
Just like this, each step we take is walking in Buddha’s footprints.
Life’s Disease
Be careful what you identify with.
Juneteenth
Why it is important.
Stormy Nights
Sitting still on a stormy night.
We’re the notes in nature’s song.
This evening, Alice Greenspan reads one of her poems. “May it bring peace and joy in some small way.” Humble as a grain of sand, Tender like a baby’s hand, Peaceful as a blade of grass, Transparent like a looking glass, Gentle like the spotted doe, Dazzling as old winter’s snow, Quiet like the early morn, Hopeful as the new day’s dawn, Spacious as a clear blue sky, Loving like a lullaby, Sacred as a holy grail, Breath-filled like tall […]