Zen So White
I got an email recently from a person at the Brooklyn Zen Center who objected to some of the stuff I said in my article about Collective Karma. She said, “I understand your point about collective karma and we do not discuss it in such simplistic cause and effect terms.” That’s good to hear. But […]
More Musings on Why Spiritual Teachers Go Wrong
Today someone wrote me an email about some of the stuff I’ve said recently concerning the Noah Levine scandals. I wrote her a long email back. That email is reproduced below for your enjoyment. I won’t be talking about any of this in our forthcoming ZEN & YOGA RETREAT at Mt. Baldy, but I am obligated […]
Collective Karma?
Last week I wrote a piece about our forthcoming Zen and Yoga retreat at Mt. Baldy Zen Center April 5-7, 2019. Near the end of that piece I contrasted the things we talk about during lectures at our retreats with an announcement by the Brooklyn Zen Center about a forthcoming retreat called “Working with Collective […]
What a Zen Retreat Is and What It Is Not
The Angel City Zen Center will be holding a Zen and Yoga Retreat at Mt. Baldy Zen Center April 5-7, 2019. Please sign up now! While I was thinking about what to say to promote the retreat, I looked through my old blogs. I found a post from January, 2013, a few months before our […]
Noah Levine Tears Up His Certificate
Yesterday I watched a video on Facebook in which Noah Levine dramatically tore up the dharma teacher certificate he received from Spirit Rock. I’d provide a link to the video, but I’m too inept to figure out how. If you want to watch it for yourself go on Facebook, look up Noah Levine, then find […]
