We have two main practice types that guide progress in our Kasumi-An Shugendo. On one hand, we practice to cultivate more power. This means we practice those things that add [...]
There is a word for spiritual friendship. Kalyana-mitra, or “good friend”, is the concept behind all of our work in encouraging others and spurring on our own exploration. Being fully present [...]
For decades I have searched for teachings on how the 5 personality flaws (anger, neediness, ignorance, egotism, envy) are said to be transformed into the 5 parts of wisdom. Just [...]
by Jason Anders The image of snow blowing off the mountain seems to jump right out and speak to me. The past blows away like that to reveal a hidden [...]
by Jason Anders Life around the temple moves with the rhythm of the practices and performances of the place. Awakening pre-dawn by the sounds of horns. A cool breeze moves [...]
by Jason Anders We were hiking along the valley behind Pema Ts’al in Nepal. Sheer cliffs to the right, snaky river to the left. As we began to round the [...]
by Jason Anders An-shu watches clouds seem to part across a peak. A view from a monastery terrace where we waited for supper together at Pema Ts’al in Nepal.
by Jason Anders At Pema Ts’al monastery in Nepal, a condensed panoramic image. Yellow flags cover the Vajrakilaya mandala and artifacts at left. At right, windows open to clean, cold, [...]
by Jason Anders Ever since I was a kid, flipping through my first book on World Religions, the image of this stupa captivated me. It seemed so impossibly far away, [...]
by Jason Anders An-shu Stephen K. Hayes, working with Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche at the Gar Drolma Buddhist Learning and Meditation Center in Dayton, OH, completed a three day Vajrakilaya retreat. [...]