Author: Tom Davidson-Marx
lotus blooms in fire
I got it that while I talked Dharma, I wasn’t walking the path during this illness very well. OK, that post title is a bit of click-bait. But you’re here now. So let me explain how…
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intimacy with all things
When asked about the fruit of the spiritual life, the 13th century Japanese monk Dogen Zenji replied: “Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.” Mindfulness allows us to intimately see a flower, or watch a sunset, or…
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wholeness and redemptive suffering
Redemptive suffering suggests that even in pain, there’s potential for positive change. Redemptive suffering is the idea that suffering can lead to growth. It can bring about a positive transformation. Theology sees suffering as a path…
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Wash your bowls–meditation in daily life
The practice of meditation in daily life allows us to become present in all aspects of our life, leading to anive integration of body and mind. There’s an old Zen story that I like very much.…
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Buddhist Contemplation: Four Thoughts Cheat Sheet
The text we will be studying and contemplating for the next six months or so is perhaps the most highly regarded one in the entire Mahayana Mind Training tradition on Buddhist contemplation: The Root Text of…
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the church of what's happening now
This is our true home. We must live here, for it is only there that we are fully alive, in the church of what’s happening now. Our son Kupai started Kindergarten last week. When I woke…
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