by Abby Mushin Terris | Aug 18, 2023
How often in a day do you just stop? Not to rest, not to turn around, but just to stop for the experience of stopping. Spotted by the moment – for any eyes watching, waiting, there’s a place for you right here. An instant to stop your seeking. Always going somewhere...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Aug 12, 2023
What is freedom? Who’s in control? Who’s responsible for your life? Are you responsible for your life or is someone or something else? Zen practice is always pointing us back to the source of experience. Are you aware of what guides you? How we approach this question...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Aug 5, 2023
How often are you walking along wrapped up in your thoughts, and feeling unsettled? When a moment of awareness erupt into this, just look around. What’s right here, clear and present? Appreciating the singularity of any moment is a gift, one that we all can receive....
by Abby Mushin Terris | Jul 29, 2023
During service every other week we chant the Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo. We chant it through three times, each time more briskly, to call on Kannon, the name of the Bodhisattva of Compassion in Japanese, to raise the energy of compassion in our own hearts. Even if we...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Jul 22, 2023
Awakening before dawn and seeing the morning star, brightly shining in the dimness, I thought of the moment, just a moment! when Buddha awoke. A moment like this one, like any moment. A moment that continually unfolds for each of us. When the thinking is quiet, we can...
