by Zenju | Mar 15, 2017 | dharma-notes
Africans were meditating more than 10,000 years ago. The purpose was to see how to live their lives in the same way Buddhist practitioners are called to do. And yet, such meditation was not self-centered. It was meant to discover ways to collectively live. The ones...
by Zenju | Jan 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dr. King said, “We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.” Yet, we continue to experience hatred today. Is it in part because we misunderstood Dr. King’s teaching as a political ploy to give...
by Zenju | Jan 6, 2017 | dharma-notes
Create a personal network off of the internet. Request friendships and confirm them with actual people in your neighborhood or other communities Invite through snail mail friends to gather to talk over a meal Share status with a phone call Trust your path, your...
by Zenju | Nov 18, 2016 | dharma-notes
From Lion’s Roar When I woke up November 9, 2016 there was an email in my box from Lion’s Roar asking for quick responses to the election. I was still a bit dazed but the deadline was within hours. I sat down after talking with our sangha, Still Breathing...
by Zenju | Nov 18, 2016 | dharma-notes
My mother would tell me horror stories of her times where hatred was up close and chants were sung to terrorize. Fear would come over me because nothing had changed since then; we were still black. I lived my life with such awareness and yet I remember how the church...
by Zenju | Oct 8, 2016 | dharma-notes
(photo by omaryousief) “We are all one.” This is dry wisdom. It crackles and blows in the wind. It is often not moistened, seasoned or held down with compassion toward the relative experiences of those who are considered unacceptable in this world. Dry...
