February 10, 2019
Dharma Talk by John Pulleyn: “Why Buddhism Is True”
Commentary on the book, Why Buddhism Is True by Robert Wright – a look at Buddhism from the standpoint of evolutionary psychology.
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February 7, 2019
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Dharma Talks: This Sunday and Next John Pulleyn will give a Dharma talk on Sunday, February 10, and Tom Kowal will follow on Sunday, February 17 with Part 2 of his Dharma talk on depression. The first installment, given last April, is on line here. Quarterly Calendar Here’s a link to the quarterly calendar for…
January 30, 2019
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Last call for Dokusan This Thursday evening, January 31, is your last opportunity to see Roshi before his Mexico trip. The following dokusan will be Monday, February 25. Finding Your Seat: The Return (February 2 – 23) After a 7-week hiatus due to sesshins and other activities, we’re happy to start back up with Finding…
January 27, 2019
Secular Creeds as Substitutes for Religion
In his article “America’s New Religions,” Andrew Sullivan argues that all of us–conservatives, liberals, and even atheists–have our “religions”: belief systems, ideologies, or tribal affiliations that we “worship” beyond reason because they give meaning to our lives. The deities of secular faith may be scientism, progress, self-improvement, social justice ideology, or reason itself. Other gods…
January 23, 2019
Nansen Kills the Cat
A vintage koan commentary by the Center’s founder, the late Roshi Philip Kapleau. Mumonkan number 14: Nansen kills the cat The Case Once the monks of the Western and Eastern Halls were arguing about a cat. Nansen, holding up the cat, said, “You monks! If you can say a word of Zen, I will…
January 23, 2019
Distant Bodhisattvas
Searching for solidarity: when technology helps more than it hurts.
A gender-questioning member finds warm support in a private online group.
January 23, 2019
Painting Attention – Sit. See. Paint. Repeat.
“Both painting and sitting require a willingness to stay in one place for hours.” An interview with Dave Dorsey.
January 23, 2019
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Arnold Park Snow Report After last weekend’s 15-inch snow storm, parking on Arnold Park has been daunting. Although our staff has been out every day with shovels and our snow blower, our side of the street remained unplowed. Until this afternoon, that is, when, a cavalry of men and machines arrived in response to a plea…
January 18, 2019
Not-Minestrone Soup
Ingredients 3 TBS olive oil 1 cup chopped onion 4 – 5 cloves crushed garlic 1 tsp salt 1 cup minced celery 1 cup cubed carrot 1 tsp dried oregano ¼ tsp. black pepper 1 tsp dried basil 1 cup chopped green peppers 1 cup cubed zucchini 3 ½ cup water or stock 2 cups…
January 18, 2019
Hot Rice Cereal
Into a rice cooker put: 1 cup brown rice ¼ cup slivered or chopped almonds 2 cups water ¼ tsp salt Plug in rice cooker and press the switch to begin cooking. Brown rice will take about 45 minutes. The cooker will automatically switch to “Warm” when the rice is finished. When the rice is…