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A Meditative Smile in a Dark Place: Learning the Dharma in a Bolivian Prison

Posted on December 7, 2022December 7, 2022by Teahouse

Liliana Arias Romero’s BDE article on teaching meditation inside a Bolivian women’s prison

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  • Dogo

Robes: An Invitation to Connect

Posted on September 28, 2021September 28, 2021by Teahouse

Most Zen monks in the west only wear their robes for ceremonial purposes. But I’ve found that when I’m on my way to or from the zendo and wearing my robes, strangers in the street will approach me, wanting to talk. It’s not usually that they’re interested in Buddhism, it’s that they’re lonely and feel […]

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Service, to sip, Sunset Boulevard

Posted on September 13, 2021September 14, 2021by Teahouse

I saw her again last night—the old raving woman with the girlish pigtails, trailing bin bags behind her that were visibly overflowing with knickknacks. This time, instead of yelling at me, she targeted my dog. “You evil man,” she told him, “I know what you did!” Her eyes didn’t leave him, even when he started […]

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  • daishin

Roving

Posted on May 24, 2021May 20, 2021by Teahouse

homeless man singsdances with his cartreststosses popcorn to birds Support Our Dharma Work

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Cardboard boxes in the rain

Posted on March 19, 2021March 18, 2021by Teahouse

cardboard boxes in the rainin the small streetbehind the hospital near the boxesa cat lies dead in the hospitala woman is giving birth Support Our Dharma Work

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