There is something wonderful about knowing one’s location, the people we see day in and out, at the grocery, on the street. You know who to turn to when there is a need and they can depend on you. That’s wonderful. It is a joy to feel part of place, though we may not...
OK folks – It’s a wrap! June was a busy month at Tendai Buddhist Institute. We conducted the 2025 Betsuin Shugyo (Tendai Buddhist clergy training) that lasted two weeks, held a Goma (fire ritual) on the 8th, and on June 14th hosted a public Tokudo (formal...
Story of Tendai Buddhist Institute: Part IV – June 2025 This month (June 2025) we will see approximately thirty Tendai Buddhist soryo (clergy) traveling from Japan to our corner of upstate New York, 200 km (120 mi) north of New York City, near the Massachusetts...
The following Meanderings was first published in May 2018. It is worth reconsidering the message and how it applies to us today. Right View or Right Understanding is the first of the Noble Eightfold Path’s teachings. These teachings were given in one of the first...
The first gathering for discussion and meditation was on Thursday, April 20, 1995. See the newspaper photo below. Shumon and I were in the middle of renovating the main house on the property, now the Kuri (abbot’s residence). The discussion was in the living room with...
The following is a reposting of a Meanderings I wrote in 2018. The piece I originally intended for this month requires more crafting. Please accept this (slightly edited), not as a rehashing, but as a glimpse of how the events that swirl around us seem to be cyclical...
