Dear Sangha,Recently I was reading an interview with Wendell Berry in Orion Magazine. The article was written before the COVID-19 pandemic and explores how to exist in our world in the midst of climate change. Berry’s insights have, in some ways, even more relevance...
Dear Sangha Members,The photos above capture the same spot in Forest Park 24 hours apart. Last Monday freshly fallen snow covered the ground. By Tuesday most of the snow had melted into early spring browns and greys. The difference between those images is striking....
Dear Sangha Members,Nine years ago Ryushin and I hosted our first meeting of Winding Path Tendai Sangha (then known as Nagado Sangha) in the basement room at Christ Church Cathedral on Chestnut Street. We hosted a few evening meditations in February that weren’t...
Calligraphy hanging in our sangha room is a gift from Enraky-ji Temple’s Ven. Kobori Kojitsu for Shingaku’s formal tokudo ceremony.”尽 ‐zin” means to do one’s best or devote oneself into something”真‐shin” means truth or real”心‐shin” means...
Dear Sangha Members, In my job as an education consultant, I was scheduled to lead a full-day professional development session on a recent Saturday for one of the schools I support. The training started at 8:30, and I showed up an hour early to have some extra time...
Dear Sangha Members, As I logged onto one of my social media accounts this week, I was pleasantly reminded of my journey on the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage by a “three years ago today” photo that popped up in my feed. The beauty of the cherry blossoms in...
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