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A look back: Dharma School
A look back: Dharma School
I ran the Sunday Dharma School at the Rime Center for four years. It’s a Buddhist Sunday School for kids, not unlike the same kind of thing many churches have. There I taught kids how to meditate and shared many lessons about kindness, wisdom, and mindfulness. We usually had 10-15 children and we ran for 90 minutes while the Rime Center Sunday Service was going on. Parents could drop their kids…
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Book: Bringing the Dharma to Children
Bringing the Dharma to Children
This isn’t a book for people who want to raise children to be Buddhist. It’s for people who want to practice Buddhism with their children. This is about helping children cultivate values of morality, wisdom, and concentration so that they are well equipped to deal with the suffering in the world.
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A Chapter Ends
I am no longer going to run the Dharma School at the Rime Center.
I have enjoyed running the children’s program at the Rime Center very much. I have met wonderful Buddhist teachers of many traditions (Maezen was my favorite). My association with the Rime Center Dharma School has also helped me become friends with other Buddhist parents.
I’ve heard that if you want to learn something, try…
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December 7th, 2014. Bodhi Day Celebration.
I’m going to plan something special for my last day teaching Dharma School.
Bodhi Day is a holiday celebrated in some Buddhist countries that commemorates the Buddha’s Enlightenment. It’s said that after 6 days sitting under a tree he had a great realization. He touched the ground and looked up at the sky and saw a star. In that moment he experience oneness and realized the fundamental nature of…
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How Do I Say Goodbye?
The time has come for me to resign from the Dharma School director position.
I have been doing it longer than anyone did before me and it has been a great opportunity to serve the Buddhist Community.
But, I have been doing it too long and I am burned out.
More importantly, my children have told me they don’t want to go anymore. I don’t want to force them, nor do I want to leave them at home to…
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On the Mystic's Path: Part Eight
I kept going to the Rime Center. I started taking my daughter Nissa to the Dharma School. It’s like a Sunday School for children of Buddhist parents. I also started volunteering there once in a while. I met a lot of great people.
Practicing at the Rime Center inspired me to write a book. I wrote and published: “Unleash Your Buddha Nature”. Some of my friends bought it.
Also, I had a book signing…
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Thich Nhat Hanh is a Hero to Me
http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/11/thich-nhat-hanh-is-a-hero-to-me/
The news came out this morning.
The Zen Master from Vietnam, Thich Nhat Hanh, is on his deathbed.
For hours, this was the only source of this information I could find. I googled it and came up with nothing but this one source.
Once in a while, a story will come up on the internet that is a celebrity death hoax. I remember…
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Four Immeasurables: Equanimity
Equanimity.
This is not a word the children will know. It’s a word a lot of adults don’t know.
It means: mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness.
The Sanskrit word is upeksha. It’s sometimes translated as nonattachment or evenmindedness.
It means remaining impartial. We should cultivate an ability to shed discrimination and prejudice, to remove…
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