Contemplating Reality: It isn’t what you think
- Contemplating Reality: It isn’t what you think
- Roshi Anne Seisen Saunders elected president of White Plum Asanga
- Right Livelihood: Dharma Ocean is hiring
- How to Live on Planet Earth: Poets and fans remember Nanao Sakaki
- Video: Help Plum Village community plant “Seeds of Mindfulness”
 If you're even a semi-regular here, you likely know the name of our colleague and friend Andy Karr. Each week on SunSpace, Andy presents an image exemplary of the "contemplative photography" he teaches and champions in his second book, The Practice of Contemplative Photography and on the book's website, Seeing Fresh.But Andy's first book — while no doubt artful — wasn't about art. Titled Contemplating Reality: A Practitioner's Guide to the View in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist, the book not only presents the fundamental Buddhist views, but also contemplations that can help transform confused seeing into clear seeing. Contemplating Reality has just been released in an electronic edition, and so we thought we'd share a taste of Andy's teachings with you. In "Reality Isn't What You Think," first published in the Shambhala Sun, Andy explains how contemplative practice can help repair our common, fundamental misunderstanding of reality. Click here to read it now, and enjoy. Read More @ Source |
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The White Plum Asanga has elected Roshi Anne Seisen Saunders as its new president. Saunders replaces Roshi Gerry Shishin Wick, who was president for six years.
Saunders is the founder and head teacher of Sweetwater Zen Center near San Diego. She was a student of the late Taizan Maezumi Roshi and is a dharma successor of Roshi Bernie Glassman. Click here to read more. Read More @ Source |
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Our friends at Dharma Ocean are looking for an executive director and a program manager. Click on the job titles for more information about each position, and click here for more information about Dharma Ocean and its programs.
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A young Nanao Sakaki oversaw the proceedings by way of this blown-up photo; Gary Snyder addresses the gathering. Photos and below text by Steve Silberman. Nanao was a wonderful Japanese poet, ecological activist, and Zen rascal.  When he was growing up in Japan during World War 2, he was drafted into the army. He was on radar duty the day that an American B-29 brought death to Nagasaki; he saw the little blip come in on his screen, and then the mushroom cloud rising in the distance. ("It's a volcanic eruption!" some of the soldiers said.) After that, he became a lifelong wanderer, free Zen spirit "in the lineage of the desert rat," original Japanese hippie and founder of a commune on Suwa-no-se island, and friend of American Beat poets including Snyder and Allen Ginsberg.I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days with him, Gary, and Allen in the 1980s that included the most intense breakfast I've ever had: buckwheat soba with lots of wasabi, oysters on the half shell, green tea, and beer. He was quite old by then, but as we were walking in San Jose he suddenly climbed a tree like a young man climbs a staircase. Nanao died in 2008. Read More @ Source |
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We told you last year about Planting Seeds, a documentary produced by Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village community and the group at Peace is the Way films to teach children about mindfulness. The film uses animation, songs, stories and engaging activities that children, parents and teachers can use. The film is currently in post-production, and the filmmakers need $ 214,5000 to finish production over the next few months. Currently, the filmmakers are running an Indiegogo campaign to try to raise $ 70,000 by June 5, with the hope of exceeding that goal. Check out the new teaser trailer above, and if you like what you see, consider making a donation. Read More @ Source |
