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Rotten Trees with Rotten Cores

Sensei Alex Kakuyo teaches us that karma is not cosmic punishment, but instead, like hidden rot in a tree, the effects of our actions may take time to reveal themselves

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Metta’s New Foundations

This month, our loving-kindness practitioner explores how walking, service, and simple acts of kindness can become new foundations for embodied Dharma practice.

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A World of Weeds and Mud

Just as the seasons change each year bringing growth, flourishing, and loss, the seasons of our lives remind us of the Buddha’s wisdom about impermanence

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False Spring and Lost Hope

A fleeting “false spring” becomes a gentle lesson in Buddhist teachings on impermanence, reminding us that hope and disappointment arise together, and both must be held lightly

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Tending the Flower Garden

Sunrise gardening shows us a Dharma truth: pulling weeds is only half the work—we must also plant the flowers of compassion and joy

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