Ethics Code For the Boundless Way Zen Sangha I vow to avoid evil I vow to do good I vow to save the many beings (Much gratitude and endless bows to all who have worked so hard to make the Zen Dharma a viable and living way to alleviate suffering and open a path to joy in this life. This document was created in support of that our shared vision. This code is based upon the work of many communities... Read more
Yesterday following the worship service our Standing on the Side of Love committee had at its information table as a fundraiser small paper cups of (fair trade) chocolate hearts for sale. Five hearts for a dollar. Small girl whose head just raised above the height of the table eyes the chocolates fiercely… When she thinks no one is noticing a small hand creeps along the table and snatches two of the hearts. Passing adult, not the parental unit, says, “Hey,... Read more
Found another cover, this time from Amy Carol Webb… Read more
Charles Lindbergh was born on this day in 1902. Famed as the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic, and secondarily for the tragic kidnapping and murder of his infant son, Lindbergh’s light has dimmed in recent years with repeated allegations he was at the least somewhere in the neighborhood of a fascist sympathizer in the years running up to the war… For me a reminder of the bundle of contradictions we human beings are. Not a bad thing... Read more
Buddhist blogger NellaLou has posted this. I’m copying to all. Hope others will continue the project… The blogger and activist known as Sandmonkey, who many of us have been following for the past 10+ days has been taken into custody in Cairo Egypt. It has been reported that his arrest was due to his final blog post on his website which has now had the account suspended. Many people have copied it and are mirroring it around the world… Sandmonkey’s... Read more
Nothing like piles of snow, sleet and ice to call one to pagan roots. While a genetic profile shows my father’s father’s father so long ago was some Viking rapist (that’s where our red and blond hair comes from), my people are the Celts. And this is Imbolic… Lighting fires and calling for Summer… Standing as a human against the dying light… Dancing the Winter away… Read more
On this day in 1865 Abraham Lincoln signed the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America… It would appear some among us have forgotten what it took to get here. What it means… The many small and large victories… And how we still have a long journey ahead… Read more
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