Happy New Year!

What a great day this is to just be here now! The perfect day to let the past rest where it is and let the future take care of itself. As is every day. To experience just this moment, to pay attention to the colors, sounds, smells and sensations. To pay attention to your feelings, [...]

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Quote of Note: Earth Day, April 22, 2008: A Dedication

May you too take refuge in the Earth and give back to it all that it has given you and more. We owe it homage. We owe it reparations.  We owe it humble gratitude. With hands held together in Gasho, I bow to Earth. And from the depths of my being, I shout Oh!, the [...]

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Happy Vesak!

Vesak (or Wesak or Vaisakha) is the Buddhist holiday commemorating at once the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Siddharta Gautama. The name comes from the second month of the Indian calendar, and the holiday is celebrated — according to astrological calculations — on the first full moon of Taurus.
This year there are two full [...]

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Happy New Year!

What wonderful weather at long last! Happy belated Earth Day and even more belated New Year… the Thai New Year, that is. The holiday of Songkran is actually celebrated throught South East Asia (Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia) from April 13-15. Anyhow, since we’re practising according to the Thai tradition, and one of our esteemed [...]

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