Jushoku’s Journal 3-24-20 – March 2020

Dear Sangha, Week two of isolation from sangha. Our lives are turned upside down. There is uncertainty and general apprehension due to the pandemic. Just two weeks ago we were making plans for the next few weeks and now we realize that we don’t know when our...

Jushoku’s Journal 3-18-20 – March 2020

Dear Sangha, Staying Connected While in Isolation. It’s Wednesday. Typically, I would be thinking, researching, writing, and otherwise preparing for our Wednesday evening discussion and meditation service. There is no service this evening as a result of...

COVID-19 Changes to Schedules – March 2020

Dear Sangha, It has been a few weeks since we began reading and hearing about COVID-19 with every headline and every news report. All other news has been relegated to an afterthought as news, information, misinformation and speculation about the COVID-19 pandemic...

Shingi December 2005

Jiunzan Tendaiji Wednesday Evening Meditation Service Discussions 7 Creating a Buddhist Practice 14 Using Sutra in Daily Life 21 Planting the Seeds of Happiness December Events 3 Morning Service, 8:30 a.m.; Survey of Buddhism Class: We continue examining the...

December 2005

After spending a year living in Kuji, Japan, Stian and I spent two weeks traveling in Korea before returning to the United States. We spent fourteen days in the most oppressive humidity imaginable: walking all over Seoul, hiking in national parks, risking our lives on...