by Abby Mushin Terris | Jan 23, 2021
First Thought What is your first thought of the day? Practicing awareness from the very first moment is a challenge and one step, first step, of walking the path of the Way, right from the start. Have you noticed what you’re aware of when you open your eyes in the...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Jan 15, 2021
So much light comes through the practice of holding steady and looking deeply. Light that can help us at a time like this. Since we have been all aswirl in the current events and violence in our nation and held by the pandemic in an odd sort of Zen retreat, we can...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Jan 9, 2021
Ordinarily when something exactly matches what we’ve wished for, we might say “Perfect!” — invoking the ordinary sense of “perfect.” And as such, when it’s perfect, it’s perfect, “Yes, thank you, that’s just what I wanted!” But when it’s not, it’s imperfect, “I’m...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Jan 1, 2021
The conditions in the world this last year have required us to live with great patience. Patience, kshanti, is regarded as one of the paramitas, the characteristics of enlightened beings, facing conditions with a clear eye, open mind and warm heart. Without patience,...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Dec 25, 2020
This Sunday we’ll be doing a short ceremony together on zoom after the sit, to share our practice vows for the coming year. Practice vows help us keep going deeper into our practice. To affirm publicly — to the sangha, to the teacher — your intention for...
