{"id":784,"date":"2011-12-31T11:15:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T17:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/?p=784"},"modified":"2011-12-31T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T17:15:09","slug":"reviewing-and-renewing-the-buddhadharma-on-this-little-blue-dumpling-planet-with-lots-of-big-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/12\/reviewing-and-renewing-the-buddhadharma-on-this-little-blue-dumpling-planet-with-lots-of-big-problems.html","title":{"rendered":"Reviewing and Renewing the Buddhadharma on This Little Blue Dumpling Planet with Lots of Big Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Happy New Year to you!<\/p>\n

Like you, I imagine and hope, I\u2019ve been enjoying this cultural and arbitrary thing we call the \u201cend of the year,\u201d reflecting on 2011 and looking ahead to 2012. So here\u2019s a few wandering thoughts about where we might be at and where we might be going.<\/p>\n

First, I\u2019m wondering how the old planet will do in 2012. We\u2019re having a really mild winter here in Minnesota. Sweet and great for the commute \u2026 but the above photo was taken just a few days ago and we still have bare ground and the high today might be 41 degrees. This is very weird for us. I\u2019m looking forward to doing my biking thing in a bit but also concerned about the effects this drought and warmth may have on all the many beings.<\/p>\n

Second thing on my mind this morning is more specific to the humans and what 2012 will bring. I\u2019m reading Don Peck\u2019s Pinched: How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures and What We Can Do About It<\/em>. I haven\u2019t gotten to the \u201cwhat we can do\u201d part yet so I\u2019ll likely be reporting back about this, but the data he reviews, like other dreary things like this I\u2019ve brought up here, is damn sobering. The middle class is collapsing and the male variety of the species is being especially hard hit with unknown consequences spinning out for many years.<\/p>\n

2012 could be about the same as 2011 in terms of the economy, maybe a tiny bit better, maybe a lot worse, especially if the European debt crisis blows up. From what I\u2019m reading, it looks quite unlikely that the year will be much better.<\/p>\n

All this makes me really grateful for my job and all the many comforts of home, family, and friends. And no matter how bad it gets, (reader alert: we\u2019ve been indulging in some really dark humor here), it is unlikely to get as bad as the Donner Party<\/a> had it in the winter of 1846-47 when they were snowbound in the Sierra Nevada.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s brings me to the third and final point (sorry for the rough segue), reviewing-and-renewing-the-Buddhadharma part of this post. It\u2019s time, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

This is on my mind this morning in part because I\u2019ll be leading a three-day sesshin at Kyoki\u2019s place near Pittsburgh March 1- 4 and the theme will be \u201cReviewing and Renewing the Buddhadharma.\u201d You, of course, are welcome to come and participate. Click here<\/a> for more information about Deep Spring Temple (sesshin information doesn\u2019t appear to be up yet).<\/p>\n

In 1988, in one of Katagiri Roshi\u2019s last Dharma talks, \u201cReview and Renew Buddhism<\/a> for the Twenty-first Century,\u201d he said,<\/p>\n

As to renewing Buddhism, there is nothing to renew in Buddhism itself but instead renew human beings who take care of Buddhism. Buddhism is mainly very conservative in order to maintain the essence of Buddha\u2019s teaching century after century. Wherever Buddhism has gone, Buddha ancestors have tried to maintain this essence. That is why Buddhism has flourished in China, Tibet, and Japan. If you forget the essence of Buddha\u2019s teaching Buddhism doesn\u2019t work for the long run.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can listen the whole talk on iTunes, btw (and 300 other talks the old boy gave), if you click here<\/a> and go to #12. <\/em><\/p>\n

This life we all share, the Buddhadharma that we all are through and through, is always close and ready for renewal.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s roll up our sleeves together and go to work.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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