Spring Salad. Very simple salad made with whatever happened to be in my fridge. It has just the right combination of sour, sweet, and crunchy. This version uses a little canned chicken and cheese, but you can also make...
The Wheel of Life showing the Buddha in all of the Six Realms of the Desire Realm, a painting at the Holy Vajrasana Temple. Avram Alpert has published an especially delightful and informative essay on why reincarnation...
Avocado, Beet, and Cucumber Salad. I just made up this salad and enjoyed it so much I wanted to share it with you. The picture above is made with yogurt instead of oil and without microgreens. My indoor salad garden is...
Lemon Pickle. I just made this and am using it on many things including the “Avocado, Beet, Cucumber Salad” shown elsewhere. It is very refreshing as a snack in cold plain yogurt. No sugar needed. I have seen this for...
Evan Thompson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. I started this book by Evan Thompson hoping to find a critique of trends in Buddhism, as it is currently practiced in the West, by a person...
Don Asper. The following is a review of Evan Thompson’s book “Why I Am Not a Buddhist” by Don Asper, a long-time disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Don is a gifted musician and retired IT person who often brings...
Evan Thompson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. This article is from a conversation between Sam Littlefair with scholar Evan Thompson about his new book “Why I am not a Buddhist” and why...
Sunomono. This is my favorite way to eat cucumbers. I am including this recipe now as my indoor salad garden is starting to have crunchy little Persian cucumbers. They have almost taken over the garden, but there are...
Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia. My brother Glenn sent me this video and I wanted to share it with you. This seventh or ninth century Mahayana Buddhist Temple is one place I would still like to visit. I knew it had...
Natta Hua Ling Quintero came to the temple last week to reread the Supreme and Unsurpassable Mahamudra of Liberation and continue her study of Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra. She had both her...