Wednesday, October 30, 2002

Last weekend was filled with activity. Retreat duties completely consumed my time. We had three absolutely charming guests -- people from the Maine sangha. John and I agreed afterwards that we had the most interesting conversations with our guests than we've ever had. It's so wonderful having a weekend talking about my dharma. It's such a personal thing, and so completely misunderstood by non-Buddhists, that it's really pointless to try to defend it. Buddhism is something that requires the person to really desire it, because the lessons aren't light, self-help platitudes, but they are very deep and profound concepts that require long hours of meditation and study with qualified teachers to realize. I spent the weekend being the instructor's "tea" person (the person who keeps her tea cup full). I wrote a story about it, and will post my story as soon as I polish it up. 3:20:37 PM    comment []