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Awakening Through Service
Service is practice, and practice is service. A Bodhisattva is one who has taken the vow to become awakened for the sake of all beings--to live and...
Is Self-Cultivation Inherently Selfish? Dale Wright’s Answer on Psychology Today
The general criticism of self-cultivation as being too individualistic fails to recognize that we are unable to be of service to others until we...
Supporting A Far-Flung Community of Practitioners
Sangha Project
Shosan Victoria Austin on Meditation Postures Designed for the Female Body
The main point of meditation is the same for all humans: to rest in the ultimate, and to experience the connection between ultimate and conditioned...
Branching Streams Visiting Teacher Reports Back from Brooklyn Zen Center
In this post from the Branching Streams website, City Center teacher Kanzan David Zimmerman reflects on his three-month fellowship stay at Brooklyn...
Informational Meeting for Awakening through Service (Class)
Saturday, August 22 After lecture (around 11 am - 12 pm) Meet with co-facilitators Kathryn Stark and Jeffrey Schneider to find out more about the...
Sangha: A Mirror for Buddhas
A short teaching extracted from last week's dharma talk at City Center by Anshin Rosalie Curtis There’s a famous line in the Lotus Sutra that says:...
Cleaning Up the Star Route to Green Gulch—Again!
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