…individual monastic members and specific projects. At present, these Order-wide activities are funded by donations primarily from individuals but also from Temples. In addition, some of the Temples provide practical resources to help the Order function. In the United States these funds are held by a registered 501(c)(3), non-profit organization, and in Europe by the OBC Activities Trust, a UK registered charity. For more information about the Ord…
…. I am also very grateful to Rev. Leon, who has been willing to follow Rev. Master Meiko in the line of priors which stretches back some 40 years. My best wishes to him and the congregation as they get to know one another.”…
…there is teaching in this. It is not as if: oh, she failed. She tried her best, and it didn’t work out. You have to go forward without fear.” Elga calls the years spent at Shasta Abbey in California’s mountains a difficult and wonderful opportunity. Her assignment was to fix her mind on life on Zen Buddhism, but after 15 years Elga became certain, that she had to go to Latvia. “Latvia has been calling to me for years. I don’t understand this rati…
…ples; masters with lay disciples; priors; and chief cooks. The other type was based on a theme and included: electronic technology and its effects on our communities and teaching the Dharma; celibacy, meditation, and sexual energy; writings of our founder, Rev. Master Jiyu-Kennett; and learning to recognize when attachments to views crystallize into breakage of the Precepts — and how we address such, both within ourselves and with our fellow monks…