Words to Live By
We recently had the honor of welcoming Gomonshu Kojun Ohtani to our temple. It was the second-last day of an arduous circuit for him up and down the West Coast, fulfilling responsibilities as our spiritual leader based at the head …
Category: Ministers Message
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The Path is Easy But You Have to Enter It
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 …
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Protected and sustained by all the Buddhas
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 …
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Doing “Good” and the Value of Everything
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 …
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Many Paths, One Life
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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