Sonora Peahen with babies. It has been a few years since we had a peacock report from Sonora. We do sometimes hear one from the Lemonade Sangha broadcasts, but Reba has told me there are not so many anymore. To my...
Singing, guitars, a cello, and the piano as well as the remembrance of a life well-ived were part of Ven. Pannavati’s Memorial Service. I was so grateful to be able to make one more trip to North Carolina to give...
Two monks, a river , & a woman. There was another zen story that we remembered in response to the questions asked at our May 9 class that is liked to the one last week on the “Eight Winds” and how those...
We continued our study of DCB35-Learning from Buddha on May 2, 2026, finishing Lesson Four: Tantra-Main & Concluding Practices, Assignment 6 and started Lesson Five: Self-Examination and Implementation, Assignment 7...
Clouds. At our May 2, 2026 ZOOM class we discussed repentance and the “Dharma to Pass thru Barriers”-a method to help us eliminate the eight types of evil karma that can cause us so much grief on our...
Modern sculpture of Nagarjuna (150-250). Our Buddha Master expanded the “Eight Winds” to include 20 Dharmas that related to ordinary feelings and explained what they meant. This article is a reposting of an...
Portrait of Su Shi (Su DongPo (1037-1101) crossing the river to meet Chan Master Foyin. At our May 2, 2026 class on DCB35-Learning from Buddha, the matter of the “Eight Winds” was discussed and someone asked...
Rock in a Zen Garden, Kyoto, Japan. At our ZOOM class today on DCB35-Learning from Buddha, we discussed the “Eight Winds”. Someone asked what they were. Another Zen story, that of Su Dongpo (1037-1101) and...
14th century Tibetan thangka painting of Vajravarahirahi-Wikipedia. Dharma that Every Buddhist Must Follow, the text used for this course, is a collection of discourses given by Dorje Amang Nopu PaMu. This course...