by Abby Mushin Terris | Jan 1, 2023
Words from the Teacher The turning of the year . . . in human days it’s a new year. In Buddha time, it’s just this moment. The season of light and dark is not restricted to the winter holiday time. We can appreciate gifts, given and received, in each moment. The...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Nov 27, 2022
We may begin practice with a wish for bliss, a wish for peace. We try all kinds of approaches and finally arrive at dharma practice. You may be trying to find some solution to change your life from what it is. Over time you notice how you continue to taste everything,...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Nov 20, 2022
Going through a stack of notes, I came across this scribbled quote, “To most of us a person, a human being, is the ceiling of reality. But a person is no superlative.“ Can we humans encompass the entirety life with our minds? We are not at the top of the chain of...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Nov 13, 2022
Radically intimate attention describes the heart of zazen. When exploring the intimacy of just sitting, in the silent center of every momentary experience, right at the heart of the silence in zazen, we embody radically intimate attention. Do you recognize this in...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Nov 6, 2022
The conditions in the world now require us to live with great patience. Patience, kshanti, is regarded as one of the paramitas, the practices of enlightened beings, facing conditions with a clear eye, open mind and warm heart. Without patience, our suffering is...
by Abby Mushin Terris | Oct 30, 2022
There is so much to how practice unfolds, and so it’s useful to reflect on what is offered by each of the three arms of Buddhadharma practice — meditation, study, and ethics. We practice meditation to unfold and explore natural awareness, usually filled with some sort...
