Am I A Buddhist?
On the final night of the 10-day Buddhist retreat in Bodh Gaya, I walk with five students to the Bodhi Tree. On an ordinary day about two thousand six hundred years ago, Siddhartha Gautama sat down to...
View ArticleOn Sacredness
I have a strange love for leaving places. I love the nostalgia. I love the feeling of starting new things and the feeling that the world is bigger than I can imagine. I even have special music that I...
View ArticleLetter To A Former Student
I have been examining in myself the same question you asked me: how to keep the experience alive. While I certainly don’t have the answers I hope I can offer some ideas. To start, I think that the...
View ArticleFilms for Fall in the West
In working fall semesters for NOLS, students have the privilege to explore some of my most loved places: backpacking in the the Wind River Range, boating on desert rivers, and canyoneering on Cedar...
View ArticleHow Would I Know?
I’ve been telling people all summer about a tradition I’ve heard of. In some Australian and American cultures, nobody celebrates birthdays. Instead, when they’ve reached a new stage in life, become a...
View ArticleThe Man Who Planted Trees: New Transcription
This animated adaptation of my favorite short reading, “The Man Who Planted Trees” by Jean Giono, won an academy award in 1987. In my opinion, the translation is the best out there: similar to the most...
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