Dear Dan, First of all, I want to say thank you for the incredible work you’ve done with the It Gets Better Project. You and Terry have started a movement that I know has already made a huge impact on … Continue reading
I’ve been up in Denver for the past three days at the third annual Medicine Buddha Monlam hosted by my teacher’s center, Orgyen Khamdroling. I was looking forward to it for weeks. It turned out to be just as wonderful … Continue reading
My agent just called. The book is going out today. That means that maybe in a week or a month or a year, some editor out there will like it enough to actually want to publish it. I hope so. … Continue reading
Here’s a daily practice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama that I’ve been trying to do (with varying degrees of diligence) since I got back from India in 2008: Every day, think as you wake up: “Today I am fortunate … Continue reading
I’m at work again. There’s two hours left on my third double shift in four days. I’m bleary-eyed, fuzzy, unmindful. A few hours ago I accidentally poured a tiny bit of vodka into a water glass while making a round … Continue reading
It’s Father’s Day and the busiest we’ve been in five years. There is a line out the door, every seat at the bar is full, the phone rings constantly as drink tickets pour out of the printer. I am in … Continue reading
We continue to create suffering, waging war with good, waging war with evil, waging war with what is too small, waging war with what is too big, waging war with what is too short or too long, or right or … Continue reading
I’m reading a book by my teacher, Anyen Rinpoche, called Momentary Buddhahood. Last night I read the short section on commitment. It was only a page or two but it was, like my teacher’s instructions often are, right to the … Continue reading
Today is Saka Dawa, the celebration of the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death all rolled into one. I don’t know too much about it because I’m still new Buddhist. That and I’m not big into holidays anyway. What drew me … Continue reading
Check out the new “Advance Praise” page in the menu above. Many thanks to my teacher and guide, Ven. Tenzin Kacho, Dr. David Gardiner and Clayton Gibson for taking the time to offer their kind endorsements. May all of you … Continue reading
