In our practice, we discover things for ourselves. That was the way that the Buddha wanted us to go at it. “Don’t take my word for it. Check it out. Test it in your life.” Sometimes we find something and we glow all over. Like, “No one else has ever seen this.” In elementary school, we were told that Columbus discovered America. Did Columbus think he discovered America? Was he disappointed when he realized that there were people here before him?   Bernie taught us Not Knowing

I’ve decided to share Sogyal Rinpoche’s teaching, even though he may have done bad things. I don’t know. I wasn’t there. And who am to judge anyway? I’m sharing it because the teaching is feeling helpful to me and because it might be helpful to you.   “Attention! Attention!” So much of Zen practice is about learning to pay attention. We begin zazen practice by paying attention to our breath. Strangely, my first teacher, Kyudo Nakagawa Roshi, was the only one who paid any atte

It’s the family caretaker’s dilemma. You can’t do enough. Especially if you find yourself caretaking more than one person. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the people I’m caring for were satisfied, more than satisfied, pleased, grateful for what I’ve done? “Thank you. You’ve done enough.” Caretaker heaven. Every caretaker’s dream.   Professional caretakers learn to cope with this dilemma. They have to “turn it off” and go home when the shift ends. If they don’t learn, they burn ou