A Zen monastery isn’t the kind of destination you’d typically think of taking the family on vacation, but that’s what we did this summer. I got up very early one morning in late June, shoveled the 18 year old and the 12 year old into the car, along with some basic camping gear, and drove […]

The really funny thing, though, is that when you finally do come face to face with it, you recognize that it’s something you knew all along. It’s been right there with you the whole time. It never went away. It was never hidden. It was never the least bit obscure. It was up in your […]

A typical New York Times op-ed https://www.instagram.com/p/B16nAktJxY_/?igshid=wjyac2uyi18w

At the festival, a young woman asked Dr. Gagliano how her scientific work had changed her understanding of the world. “The main difference is that I used to live in a world of objects, and now I live in a world of subjects,” she said. There were murmurs of approval. “And so, I am never […]

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The moon and sun flowers https://www.instagram.com/p/B1cVWQ_pzon/?igshid=1l8ib7egf1t1f

full moon California Gothic https://www.instagram.com/p/B0AWUXPJHRu/?igshid=v2twwsgucnvz

So I took the kids to a family retreat at a Zen monastery. The monks and nuns organized the children by age group, and the kids were quickly all in: The 12 year old was shooing me away right after orientation and by the second day the 18 year old was asking when she could […]

The hills going up the Grapevine last week were PURPLE. This photo, taken by my son with my phone, hints at the color but doesn’t do it justice. Coming back down yesterday, all this color was already gone. Enjoy the colors while they last! (at Tejon Mountains) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzl0Q-BJDa-

reflected light :: turning the corner a new city in the old one #sanfrancisco #morning #light #nofilter #haiku #micropoetry #micropoem https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLTpz3p72I/?igshid=1kh6gsh2cg2ef

the first plums just enough sweetness for now

Someone asked the eminent Vietnamese Zen master Tue Trung: “What is the purified Dharmakaya?” He replied: “Buffalo dung and cow urine.” (from Thich Nhat Hanh’s “Mindfulness Survival Kit”) A Buddha appeared by the side of the freeway in Redwood City in the past year or so. I’ve long wondered about it