The Long Path On A Clear Day
Over the past two days, I've had the great fortune to marry two wonderful couples, Hyeyoung and Bruce, and Ellie and Olman who are pictured here. What an amazing act of divine foolishness this vow to walk the long path together is. And how utterly grateful I am for this magnificent foolishness to be expressing in these times that are for so many in our world dark and broken. In each new generations eyes an utterly unique and precious expression of the great dance of Yin and Yang, and of the dance beyond Yin and Yang. And for me, what a joy to be able to be a part of the dance in this particular way. Some in the Buddhist tradition feel that the Dharma has no use for ordained clergy, and I respectfully disagree. To be sure there have been examples of priestly misconduct, and at times a false sense of entitlement or status, and a corrective is demanded. But the moments of birth and reaching adulthood and marriage and death are deep and...