How open am I? Who and what do I not welcome in? Koshin Providing safe harbor and true welcome to all others is deeply courageous. The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the bodhisattva vow to exclude

When the mind calms down, we can treat ourselves and others more authentically. Chodo Campbell Morality and right ethical conduct is not about appearing a certain way or trying to look good. Do

Living fully is not an idea. Tenderness and compassion are always the barometer of how practice is going. Koshin Paley Ellison Uncertainty about elections. Dozens of active wars around the globe

If we are going to maintain our practice carefully, we have to pay careful attention to what we think is not welcome. Koshin Paley Ellison Our lives are complicated. Full of love and light; ange

How are you indulging your bulls@$t? How are you indulging your mistaken understandings? Koshin Paley Ellison The awakening Way is not an idea. How can we free ourselves from the ideas of pract

It is not enough that your carcass is here. Are you really alive to who you are, who youre with, and what is around you in this moment? Koshin Paley Ellison Can you bring more liveliness into

We need enthusiasm for practice to meet this opportunity, to show up to our life, right now. Koshin Can you bring increased vigor and enthusiasm to your relationships, to your life? The pramit

Compassion only really happens in community. Koshin How does the nobility of our imperfection become a place of deep connection? In this dharma talk from the opening night of the Contemplativ

Moments in extremis point us to what is important, what is real. Koshin How do you come to know who you really are and what you truly care about? Opportunities to learn are constant. In this

If the duality of good and bad is broken through, then there is real good. Harada Roshi Aphids, flies, worms, tigers, all living beings move away from discomfort. Most of us spend most of our t