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Ignorance based fear. A while ago I came across a greeting card, intended as encouragement, that said, “Don’t let reality get in the...

Fate vs. Karma I’m somewhat of a hybrid anomaly. I never consciously intended to become spiritual, yet it happened anyway. Nor did I ever pl...

Things are not as they appear, nor are they otherwise. Complacency and apathy are indeed comfortable. These attitudes lull us into t...

Initial dawning and ripple effects. For those who may think Zen has no practical impact on their lives, guess again.  How so? In spite...

Over the years that I’ve been poking here and there, examining a host of religious and spiritual paths, I’ve noticed that from the perspec...

What you’re about the read now is the result of having lived through extreme adversity, finding victory, and then looking back to find a r...

When we set off on a journey we want to know from where we’re starting, where we are going, and how to get to our destination. This line ...

“From the beginning all beings are Buddha.  Like water and ice, without water, no ice, outside us no Buddhas.” Right action/cause (samyak-ka...

I t may be a good idea to pause and reflect at this juncture before proceeding on down The Path . We must get the first two steps correct si...

The Eight-fold Path is a road map for traveling from suffering to awakening. From a certain perspective, it is about traveling to Nirvana. ...