…..all is straw. …..all is straw.
St. Thomas Aquinas undertook a monumental task when he chose to write one of the most ambitious and intellectual works ever known: the Summa Theologiae. It was intended to be [...]
The contemplative heart is a universal dwelling place where compassion, emptiness, and divine love are one. The contemplative heart is a universal dwelling place where compassion, emptiness, and divine love are one.
The contemplative heart is a universal dwelling place where compassion, emptiness, and divine love are one. I have been a Vajrayana Buddhist for almost 30 years now but being from [...]
God Light God Light
The monastery courtyard is beautiful right now. It’s quiet, there’s a little fog and the sky has an abundance of what photographers ironically call “God Light”. Complementing the shafts of [...]
Goulash Goulash
It’s worth learning about the story of Martin Himler, an 18 year old ethnic and impoverished Jew who arrived in 1907 to New York City aboard the S.S. Carpathia. His [...]
Owning a piece of my night mare Owning a piece of my night mare
Russia celebrated a holiday on November 7 that under the Julian calendar, was in October. The holiday used to be called the “Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution”, but [...]