By Annabelle Zinser A central practice of Buddhist ethics is to treat with respect the other beings with whom we share this planet. By taking care in what we eat and how we consume, and by recognizing and honoring our connection to animals, we can lead a more peaceful and…
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Trainings of the Mind in Diversity
by Larry Yang from Friends on the Path, edited by Jack Lawlor and published by Parallax Press The practice of these trainings is an opportunity to begin the journey towards narrowing the experience of separation. As humans, we all participate in the harmful behaviors that these trainings are addressing. We…
Walking the Teacher’s Path with Mindfulness
Dzung Vo interviews Dharma teacher Richard Brady about his book of stories on mindfulness, education, and touching our bodhicitta.
Remembering Jim
By Artie Fauss James Tecumseh Fauss grew up in the great San Joaquin Valley of California, where winters are cold and gray with Tule fog and summers blaze with temperatures of more than 100 degrees. His father and mother, Harold and Fern, owned a dairy farm before moving to Ceres, California. Jim learning the plumbing…
Race: A Dharma Door
ARISE Sangha offers the Race: A Dharma Door (RADD) training. Love in action interwoven with interbeing, the program used the Four Noble Truths as the framework to invite us into a discussion of race as a Dharma door for greater understanding and less suffering.
Reconsidering
By Jeanine C. Cogan Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in…
I Love You, Mama Bea
By Lee Klinger Lesser Mama Bea was my daddy's mother and my grandma. When she got sick, the doctors said they thought she was going to die. So she left her home in Florida, and came to live in our house in California. My mommy and daddy said we were going to take care of…
Parenting, Children, and Mindfulness
A Wonderfully Rich Practice By Bud Reiter-Lavery Few of the local Sangha members have young children. I have two neighbors with children under the age of three who used to do formal sitting meditation alone or in groups, but haven’t done so since the birth of their children. Similarly, I…
Bringing the Tool Kit of our Practice to the Office
By Ron Forster illustration by Brother Phap Ban Look with loving kindness, a gatha I said to myself daily, came to mind as I walked from the parking lot to my office at Hewlett-Packard. It was Monday morning in April 2004. I felt the ease of having been at Deer…
Wake Up Spirit
By Brian Kimmel photo by Robert Harrison What is Wake Up Spirit? The intention to “wake up” beyond our usual notions of ourselves and our environment, to enter deeply into meditation and move out into the world, to celebrate and share our gifts with collective awareness, inclusion, and fun. It…