by Abby Mushin Terris | Oct 31, 2020
We hear a lot of outcry about wanting our freedom. What is freedom for you? For some, it’s freedom to love whomever we love. For some it’s freedom to hate whomever we hate – to exclude, to insult, to harm. The blatant selfishness that is meant by individual...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Oct 24, 2020
Taking a walk can bring you back to an equanimous mind, liberated from thinking that’s wracked by the competing mental narratives that push and pull and can contaminate our hearts. Recall your loving heart. Practice equanimity, and be aware of the whole in the...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Oct 18, 2020
The three poisons of greed, hostility and ignorance are everywhere evident. Do you find this to be true for you? Ironically, the distress we feel in the body and heart at the situation in the world is also a sign of our ability to recognize our real situation and the...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Oct 10, 2020
Don’t speak ill of the Three Treasures of buddha, dharma, and sangha. This precept, which refers to all actions of body, speech and mind, is often overlooked. Thich Nhat Hanh puts it this way, “Refrain from actions that cause the community to break.” Framing it so...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Oct 5, 2020
Having the name Sangha Jewel Zen Center gives us a continuous koan to live into and work with. We take refuge in Sangha. The sangha of all beings is a shining jewel with infinite facets, asking us continually to look into the conditions in the world that most...
