Diving into the deep possibilities of the feminine, and how it can both heal and be healed for moving toward spiritual maturity
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The Meaning of Vesak in Our Time
Adapted from a speech given at the invitation of the Consulate of India, Hong Kong on 25 May, the eve of Vesak 2023
letting go – what it really means
Meditating on the true meaning of letting go and living authentically as a “letter-go”
The Loving Encounter Between Non-Selves: Dr. Kin Cheung Lee on a Complete Model of Buddhist Counselling
Interview with Dr. Kin Cheung Lee, author of the first comprehensive book on a framework of Buddhist counselling
Two Bells: How Boxing led Me to the Buddha-dharma
When the spirit of Zen enters the boxer’s ring, and how the thrill of the fight led to the stillness of overcoming ego and suffering
The Parable of the Vessel
In his memoir, Vessel (Pínáng / 筏喩), Cai Chongda (蔡崇達) describes the tough-love advice given to him by his great-grandmother (太姥爷 / 太婆): “Your body’s a vessel. If you wait on it to do something, there’s no hope for you. If you put your body to work, you can start to live.” Those words made […]
Mafan
Mafan. 麻烦 or 麻煩 in Simplified and Traditional Chinese, respectively. Meaning: trouble; troublesome; a bother, a thorn in one’s side. Mafanwas one of the first Chinese words I learned as a child. My grandmother (maa maa / 嫲嫲 / nai nai / 奶奶) would utter the word several times throughout the day when I stayed […]
Two Years of Pandemic, Two Years of Practice
The content of this post first appeared in the newsletter published by the author’s sangha, City Cave Zen. When the pandemic took hold, my sangha, City Cave Zen, decided to try holding meetings online, to meditate, chant and discuss the Dharma in a way that would be as similar to physical meetings as we could make […]