meditation Archives

Photo of Michael Pollan, Source: Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times.

Buddha-dharma Events Quotes Science

A Journey into Consciousness Revised

Michael Pollan, Source: Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times. This was originally just an article by David Marchese, published February 7-9, 2026 in The New York Times on author Michael Pollan’s thinking...

February 21, 2026

Add comment

87 views

16 min read

Buddha-dharma Events

Buddhist Monks Walk to Washington, DC from Texas

Buddhist Monks on Peace Walk from Texas to Washington, DC. A group of roughly 19 Buddhist monks, accompanied by their rescue dog Aloka, are walking more than 2,300 miles (3,700 km) from Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana...

January 15, 2026

Add comment

67 views

2 min read

Photo of “Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

Art Buddha-dharma Events LFBS

Final Lesson Ten: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”

We finished our ZOOM classes of P10-“The Great Dharma of Zen Practice” with Lesson 10 and a discussion of the actual methods of zen practice taught by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This included the three...

December 5, 2025

Add comment

105 views

3 min read

Art Buddha-dharma Events LFBS

Lesson Nine: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, December 3, 6:00 pm

During the ninth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 25, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma of Concentration, Contemplation, and Visualization (DCCV) and...

November 26, 2025

Add comment

75 views

2 min read

Art Buddha-dharma Events LFBS

Lessons Seven & Eight: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 25, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the seventh ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 11, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...

November 19, 2025

Add comment

63 views

2 min read

Art Buddha-dharma Events LFBS

Lesson Six: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 11, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the sixth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on November 4, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma of...

November 5, 2025

Add comment

113 views

2 min read

Buddha-dharma Events LFBS

Lesson Five: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, November 4, 6:00 pm

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the fifth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on September 23, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...

November 3, 2025

Add comment

183 views

3 min read

Photo of Craig's Cabin at Camp de Benneville Pines.

Buddha-dharma Events LFBS Retreats

Group Meditation Retreat Held in San Bernadino Mountains

Craig’s Cabin at Camp de Benneville Pines. The sound of chipmunks chatter, wind, bird song and silence. That was the primary sound I heard from our wonderful recent four-day meditation retreat in the San Bernadino...

September 23, 2025

Add comment

116 views

5 min read

Buddha-dharma Events LFBS Quotes

Lesson Four: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, September 23, 6:00 pm-Revised

“Patriarch Bodhidharma,” painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the fourth ZOOM discussion of LFBS course P10 on September 9, we continued reading from a very early translation of Dorje Pamu’s The Dharma...

September 22, 2025

Add comment

99 views

11 min read

Art Buddha-dharma Events LFBS Quotes

Lesson Two: P10 “The Great Dharma of Zen Practice”–Next Class, September 2, 6:00 pm

We held our second ZOOM discussion on Lesson Two: P10-“The Great Dharma of Zen Practice” on August 26, 2025 focusing on two examples of zen practice from ancient times in China– the methods used by the Gaomin...

August 27, 2025

Add comment

129 views

5 min read

Tag - meditation