Brave, the Way He Taught Us to Be

“You should come and visit again” Pa told me one day in September when I called. “It might be the last time we see each other.”

Inspired Kasung

The Dorje Kasung is a protector practice. Once a practitioner of the Shambhala Buddhist path begins to open to the world there are so many things that sabotage such openness.

tree roots in soil

The Soil at the Root of Loneliness

On a rainy Sunday morning 20 years ago I was leaving a diner in Seattle. Just as I passed the pay phones and touched the door, I heard a woman behind me say, “I’m just so lonely that I don’t know what to do!”.