For this issue, I’ve asked our three assistants, Eric and Stacy Reardon and Jean-Paul deGuzman, and our ministerial aspirant at the Institute of Buddhist Studies (IBS), John Mullins, to share their thoughts on our teaching. Over the past few years, …
Infinite life. What would we do without plants? What would plants do without sunshine, water, and nutrients in the soil, not to mention insects and microscopic organisms? Even if we wanted to exist on a diet of burgers and ice …
Thanks to technology, people’s ability to communicate rapidly with others grows exponentially with every new platform or app that becomes available. Way back in the day, we used to joke that the party line was the fastest way to spread …
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 …
