November 2025

Jane Hirshfield

Like allwho believe in the senses,I was an accountant,copyist,statistician. Not registrar,witness. Permitted to touchthe leaf of…
Two Weekends

One of the things to appreciate about Thanksgiving (not having grown up with the tradition, it…
Gil Fronsdal

‘The practice of mindful service becomes a powerful tool for dissolving the rigid boundaries of self…
Joanna Macy

‘The great open secret of gratitude is that it is not dependent on external circumstance. It’s…
Suzuki Roshi

‘Question: In my practice, I find there is part of me that stubbornly doesn’t want to…
Yaoshan

Once a novice named Gao was visiting Master Yaoshan’s place. The master asked him, “Where are…
Rebecca Solnit

‘Belief in the fixity rather than the fluidity of human nature or maybe in guilt without…
Xuedou

Reaching out your arms is climbing the ten-thousand-foot cliff.Oneness and differentiation are not necessarily fixed.The old…
Tiredness and Rest

On Wednesday afternoon last week, I went for an afternoon bike ride after a busy few…
Chan Master Sheng Yen

‘To get results, a practitioner can summon extraordinary effort for a while, but this is very…