“We don’t exist as separate beings; we’re relational beings. Psychotherapy is an interpersonal meditation.”
Jukai Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm 12/21
Abiding Abbess Furyu Schroeder offered the precepts to two people in a jukai/lay initiation ceremony at Green Gulch Farm on December 21.
Jukai Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm 12/19
Five people received the precepts in a jukai/lay initiation ceremony at Green Gulch Farm on December 19.
Jukai Ceremony at City Center
This was the first jukai ceremony at City Center since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and a joyful event for participants and guests.
Tassajara Provides a Refuge for Wildland Firefighters
It’s a beautiful thing to feel the gift of what is unfolding for participants. It’s a container in which people—and we facilitators—can show up.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Our Friend and Teacher: 1926 – 2022
Thay, as he was affectionately known, was one of the world’s great Bodhisattvas, bringing Buddhism to the West with his compassionate teachings.
Tokusan and the Old Lady: Awakening the Archive, Tape 8
“We have completed sesshin. This will become more meaningful if you extend this practice from today to tomorrow, and from sitting to everyday life.”
What I’m Doing Has to Be Enough
Tassajara was a deeply healing time reflecting the power of community and creativity. Friends made almost 20 years ago are still friends today.
A Conversation with Peter Coyote
The first time Peter Coyote read his poems in public, he was terrified and shy. “It was so tender.”