The What and How of Buddhism
So I’m sitting here in Calgary at the home of Kayla de Both who arranged my trip here with Turbo the dog and Karma the cat. I’m supposed to meet Heather, my ride to Edmonton, some time this morning. But for now I’m just hanging out. I left Tassajara with a cold that had been […]
Back in the Real World
I emerged from my self-imposed exile at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery on September 10th. At around nine in the morning I said my goodbyes and some twelve hours later I rolled into Los Angeles. It took that long because I caught the Tassajara cold that had been going around the cabins and I kept having […]
Twitter Conversation About Enlightenment
:Dharmacology (@dharmacology) @BradWarner So, also no experience that makes anyone “scared”, “angry”. Really? I mean reeeally? 😯 Brad Warner (@BradWarner) @dharmacology I’m not sure what you mean. But I think I’d say yes. :Dharmacology (@dharmacology) @BradWarner You are saying our enlightenment is disconnected from our emotions, and our emotions are disconnected from our experience? Brad […]
Tassajara
From August 3rd through September 9th this year I’ll be waiting tables at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery. There is no Internet access at Tassajara and cell phone signals can’t make it into the valley. It’s up a winding dirt road seven miles into the mountains and then down seven more rocky miles into a canyon. […]
I Love You, Cosmo!
So I’m in my car yesterday with a friend and she asks me something to the effect of, “What was your enlightenment experience like?” This is someone who has read Hardcore Zen and There Is No God and He is Always With You, so she knows what I said about it in those books. She […]