We highly recommend this interview with pioneering African-American Buddhist teacher Angel Kyodo Williams on “On Being” with Krista Tippett.  (Image is from https://angelkyodowilliams.com, another great resource.

https://onbeing.org/programs/the-world-is-our-field-of-practice-apr2018/

From the late Robert Aitken Roshi in Tricycle Magazine

https://tricycle.org/magazine/the-teacher-everything/

You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.

– Alan Watts

Mindfulness doesn’t numb you to your emotions, but it makes them less of a roller coaster. It brings a measure of equanimity. So commitment to a cause—a commitment likely to fade if based on the passions of the moment—can endure. What’s more, a mindful attitude can preserve a sense for the big picture—for example, the fact that, even aside from mass shootings, thousands of Americans are killed by handguns every year – Robert Wright

What is the Mindful Response to a School Shooting?