Ordinary Awakening

In Ordinary Awakening, Christopher Kakuyo Leibow reflects on the freedom of being who we already are. Drawing on Shin Buddhist teachings, he reminds us that awakening isn’t escape but clarity—the humble seeing of our interdependence, where even the most ordinary moments shine with luminous truth.

Mono No Aware – Embracing Impermanence.

For this Dharma talk, I want to open with a few lines from the Diamond Sutra from chapter 32. The Buddha has just finished his daily walk to Sarasvati to gather offerings for food. I can see them eating quietly, and when they are finished, Subhuti, one of his monks, asks the Buddha. “How, Lord,…