Summer 2021 OBC Journal Released
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Continue reading →…. 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.”…
Continue reading →…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…
Continue reading →…ng, as this is the counterbalance to the ‘vertical’ dimension in the master-disciple or teacher-student relationship. Other major themes included: the possibility of standing committees, particularly in the ethics area (which is already underway); the pros and cons of having more people play a greater role in decision-making; financial responsibility, both of individual temples and of the Order in itself (as an organization); and a brief review of…
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