Interbeing

We can see that for one thing to exist, everything else also needs to exist. “This is, because that is.”

In Vietnamese, the word “spiritual” (tinh thần) is formed by combining the words for sexual energy (tinh) and spirit (thần).

In Asia, we say there are three sources of energy—sexual, breath, and spirit. Sexual energy is the type of energy that we expend during sexual intercourse. Vital breath is the energy we expend when we speak too much and breathe too little. Spirit is the energy we expend when we worry too much.

The work of a core community Order member includes Sangha building and support, explaining the Dharma from personal experience, and nourishing the bodhichitta in others while maintaining a regular meditation practice in harmony and peace with one’s family, all as manifestations of the bodhisattva ideal.