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  • So How Is It Now?

    ‘If wisdom is the insight that nothing has a fixed nature and that all things are…

  • Dominion and the Rate of Change

    The weekend ended up feeling tremendously long. I had kept my calendar clear as I had…

  • Two Views Of A Ship

    As we were sitting out on the Embarcadero this past Monday, on a warm and sunny…

  • The Growing Days

    It was one of the people who came to volunteer in the Zen Center kitchen when…

  • Alternative Scenarios

    The past two Sundays in the Bay Area have been marked by strong winds. On the…

  • The Quiet Of The City

    Even though it was the last day of January, it was warm in San Francisco yesterday.…

  • Jack Kornfield

    ‘Freedom is always found just where you are. Whether you are caring for a child, building…

  • Rest and Repose

    As I was giving my dharma talk on the solstice, I started by invoking it, and…

  • Lessons Of The Landscape

    ‘If we go somewhere on foot, we know the way perfectly, whereas if we go by…

  • Crosstown Trail

    When I was around ten or eleven, my schoolfriends and I took part, several years running,…