For the purpose of transmitting the Buddhist teachings to the English-speaking world, we felt it necessary to translate the entire Taishō Buddhist Canon. Realizing the extreme difficulty of translating the voluminous Taishō Buddhist Canon in a short period of time, the Editorial Committee selected for 139 works the first stage of its project, which... See more
At one point I awkwardly pressed myself into conversation with someone and, when they brought up their transition, eagerly revealed “I’m trans too,” only for them to nod and keep talking as if I’d interrupted to tell them the sky is blue. When I asked them “why are there so many trans people here?” in my most high-gossip tone, they just said that M... See more
Sabbath requires surrender. If we only stop when we are finished [our emails, our projects], we will never stop — because our work is never completely done.”