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Chapter 2: Lens I am of mixed ancestry. Native Hawaiian—where most of my political work has resided—and Chinese. Specifically, the Hakka—stubborn and sturdy nomads of the place called China, who retained their own language, foods, and ways across vast timeplace, refusing to be fully assimilated in the one Han culture. 3/6/26 7:49 PM Ryūkō is neither Hawaiian nor Hakka. Ryūkō is my priest name, received when ordained in 2000 as a Rinzai Zen priest 3/6/26 7:49 PM
Concealed within his fortress, the lord of Mordor sees all. His gaze pierces cloud, shadow, earth, and flesh. You know of what I speak, Gandalf: a great Eye, lidless, wreathed in flame. -From Lord of the Rings, on the Eye of Sauron Anthropic’s CEO, Amodei, released a statement opposing the Pentagon’s terms that would enable mass domestic surveillance and the use of autonomous weapons. Amodei recognizes the extreme peril in combining these technologies with current
Discover a visual roadmap to the heart-mind. In this article, I share a pagoda drawing created on retreat that serves as a mnemonic for the Seven Factors of Awakening and the Satipatthana Sutta. Explore how the Five Precepts, Spiritual Faculties, and the Four Foundations of Mindfulness come together to create a dynamic “wisdom lens” for modern practice.
An exploration of and guided meditation on impermanence, the inevitability of death and the liberatory capacity of contemplating it’s coming.
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This essay examines the concept of ‘Inner Light’ across various spiritual traditions, including Yoga, Buddhism, Indigenous plant medicine, quantum physics, and Quakerism. It seeks to connect these disciplines through the framework of experiencing the Divine in three perspectives, highlighting the shared phenomenological understanding of Inner Light across cultures.