Author Archives: Sister Gryphon

        I pose to you a question: is passion a “bad” thing? Having spent 8 years in a Zen monastery I certainly had the idea that passion was not appropriate. We were trained to be calm and … Continue reading →

I believe Thomas Merton once wrote something to the tune of humility being the fruit of finally knowing our true selves. When I was young, my friends and I would hold court, so to speak. We would eat lunch together … Continue reading →

  “I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you’ll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you’ll make something that didn’t exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you … Continue reading →

We all know that famous line uttered by the joker in Dark Knight… “Why so serious?” Personally I found it quite creepy; Heath Ledger really redefined the Joker with that one. But recently I’ve been hearing this phrase used in … Continue reading →

Should Buddhists be involved in protests? I personally know more than a few teachers who feel Buddhists should not. But how on Earth can one be said to be actively living one’s life, and hopefully striving for the benefit of … Continue reading →

Be Here Now. I think we’ve all read that book by Ram Dass at one point or another in our youth. At the Zen monastery I used to live at, one of the teachers there used to mock that book … Continue reading →

Justice is now being served…Would you like a plateful of justice? We serve it really fresh and hot here in the US. I can’t comment on other country’s culinary delights, since I travel so little. But here in the US … Continue reading →

Every minute life shifts and energy moves. The only permanence is impermanence. This can make us sad, when we wish to hold onto “things” and strive to keep solid what has never been so; but this can also be fun. … Continue reading →

There is this fabulous scene in Pirates of the Carribean 2, Dead Man’s Chest, where Johnny Depp (Cptn Jack Sparrow) leaps into the mouth of the kraken. I don’t think anyone ever really wants to leap into the mouth of … Continue reading →