Interbeing in Nature Autumn is probably the busiest season of the year in my garden. It begins as something of a nuisance. Plants that looked beautiful only weeks ago have collapsed into a soggy mess. Perennial shrubs have become untidy and need cutting back. Trees need pruning. Leaves are falling everywhere. There is an enormous Read More
Tag: Buddhist Practice
Are You Mindful in Your Garden?
Your garden reflects impermanence, attachment and the restless mind, take a little time to be mindful and it can be as beneficial as a session of meditation.
How Mindful Walking Led Me to Haiku
Mindful Walking and Haiku I began writing short poems in the Japanese tradition of haiku during the Covid years, when I was recovering from prostate cancer. It was a difficult period of my life, but also a strangely reflective one. Perhaps age had something to do with it. Perhaps illness did too. I found myself Read More
What Do Buddhist Prayer Flags Teach Us About Impermanence?
“All conditioned things are impermanent."— The Buddha During my many visits to Nepal over the past fifty years, I have almost come to take Buddhist prayer flags for granted. They seem to be everywhere. They stretch between stupas and temples, flutter above monastery roofs, cross mountain passes and dance from tall bamboo poles in remote Himalayan Read More
Can a Place Become Part of Our Meditation?
Meditation and Place I don’t often stop at this third seat. It is the closest to home, so I’m usually tempted to keep walking. But when I do sit here, I find myself looking at the water lilies growing in this particular lake. Or perhaps they are lotus flowers? Why does that matter? Partly because Read More