Reflection

Updates

Published on Apr 25th, 2022 in News, Reflection

I just wanted to let you all know, I am still working on finding a way to upload the old podcast videos here. It’s really proving to be a bigger […]

For World AIDS Day 2021

Published on Dec 1st, 2021 in Dharma Teaching, Reflection, School, Story

I wrote this back in 2012 for a class in Seminary. I am posting here unedited, and in it’s entirety. I have been infected since 1989, and disabled since 1995. […]

Updates

Published on Jan 6th, 2020 in News, Reflection, Stump The Monk

I have updated my scheduled events… At least the ones I know about now. I am making a commitment to keep this updated in the new year in a better […]

Offerings

Published on Aug 28th, 2019 in Dharma Teaching, News, Reflection

I just returned from a week long visit with All Beings Zen Sangha in Washington DC. Last month I was with the Austin Zen Center for a week as well. […]

Embodiment Practice

Published on May 11th, 2019 in Dharma Teaching, Reflection

A Moral Revival

Published on Apr 9th, 2019 in Dharma Teaching, News, Reflection

As a queer guy who recalls the days when the idea of “morality” was used by the religious right against queer folks starting with Jerry Falwell’s “Moral Majority”. This ownership […]

Loving Kindness Meditation

Published on Jan 20th, 2019 in Dharma Teaching, Reflection

Loving Kindness Meditation   This is what should be accomplished by the one who is wise, Who seeks the good, and has obtained peace.   Let one be strenuous, upright, […]

Blessing in the Chaos

Published on Dec 11th, 2018 in Dharma Teaching, Reflection

BLESSING IN THE CHAOS To all that is chaotic in you, let there come silence. Let there be a calming of the clamoring, a stilling of the voices that have […]

This One Time at Radical Dharma Camp

Published on Jun 2nd, 2018 in Dharma Teaching, News, Reflection

I have been speaking and teaching for years about the practice of Radical Dharma.  Not simply as a book, but as a guide to practice and life that brings forth […]

Happy Birthday To Me

Published on Apr 3rd, 2018 in Dharma Teaching, Reflection

Today is my birthday.  In ancient times Zen monks would mark this day by writing a “death poem”.  A death poem is one that tends to offer a reflection on […]